Archive - FirstNerve

The Cruelest Month

Some good, some bad, much dross

Apr 19 •

March 2024

AI Goes Up the Nose

Never trust a bot.

Mar 5 •

January 2024

Multiple Maniacs

Three Days in L.A.

Jan 11 •

December 2023

The Music of Perfume

Ambitus, pitch-class entropy, and keeping it simple

Dec 11, 2023 •

October 2023

At the Museum of Scent

A visit with Mandy Aftel and her new book

Oct 28, 2023 •

Mind-raped by Mark Zuckerberg and the Borg

Generative AI repackages other people’s creativity

Oct 1, 2023 •

July 2023

How Low Can Nature Go?

Dragging a “call for papers” through the faculty lounge

Jul 26, 2023 •

Reading Palms in Miami

Getting a grip on odor biometrics

Jul 10, 2023 •

June 2023

The Puny Nature of Academic Fraud

Playing small ball pays off

Jun 26, 2023

Bizarro World: Weekend Update

So many questions

Jun 11, 2023 •

May 2023

Whispers of Scent

Extracting the faintest of signals from the surrounding noise

May 31, 2023 •

Getting Smelly in Virtual Reality

Is wax the way to go?

May 15, 2023 •

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