Interview with the 2004 Nobel Laureates in Physiology or Medicine, Richard Axel and Linda B. Buck, by science writer Peter Sylwan 11 December 2004.

The Laureates talk about the big event of the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony; the genes of the olfactory system (1:47); the importance of the sensor organ (3:33); the smell of emotions (10:28); the mapping out of the molecules of sense inside the brain (14:43); and challenges for neuroscience in the future (18:29).

The Nobel Laureates of 2004 met at the Bernadotte Library in Stockholm in December 2004 to discuss and speculate about the world, the future and their research in the TV show 'Nobel Minds'. The programme presenter is Nik Gowing, principal programme anchor for the BBC's international television news channel BBC World.