How Can Dogs Detect Covid?

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Unexplainable is a new podcast from the box media network. This week, we look at how dogs can detect covid with 90% sensitivity and specificity. And what counts as a fundamental taste? We'll be back next week to tackle the sense of taste.

Dogs can smell cancer, Covid-19, and many other health problems in humans. Now, scientists are trying to duplicate these powers in robotic sniffers. But there’s a big challenge here: Scientists don’t really understand how smell works. This is the third episode of our six-part series, Making Sense, and it originally ran on March 10, 2021.

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