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The shortest path from nose to memory

Latest essay · 16 June 2026

The shortest path from nose to memory

A scent reaches the oldest part of the brain in two synaptic steps. Every other sense is routed first through the thalamus, the brain's switchboard, weighed and labelled before it is felt.

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