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myth busters: Can you smell ovulation?

Myth: Social media and manosphere influencers have been claiming for years that they can smell when a woman is ovulating.

Reality: Australian researchers put the claim to the test and found that this is not true.

Read more about how the scientists searched for a smell and why they concluded that these guys, are at best, confused.

Joanna Mulvaney PhD
Joanna Mulvaney PhD
Joanna Mulvaney worked as a bench researcher for much of her career before transitioning to science communication. She completed a PhD in developmental biology focusing on cell signaling in cardiogenesis at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK, before moving on to study axial skeleton development and skeletal myogenesis at King’s College London and regeneration of auditory cells in the ear at University of California San Diego Medical School, USA and Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Canada. When it comes to scientific information, her philosophy is: make it simple, make it clear, make it useful.

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