A soft, pungent cheese from northern France has topped a British researcher's study of the world's whiffiest cheeses. Academics at Cranfield University north of London said Friday that Vieux Boulogne, a Normandy cheese made from cows' milk, was the smelliest of 15 cheeses tested. Two other Normandy cheeses, Pont l'Eveque and Camembert, came in second and third. Scientists at the university used human sniffers and a computer-linked "electronic nose" to rank the cheeses by odorousness. Stephen White, who led the research, said the smelliest cheeses were those whose rinds had been washed in brine, brandy or — as with Vieux...