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Air pollution is changing the way flowers smell, leaving pollinators lost and the ecosystem in peril

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Air pollution is changing the way flowers smell, leaving pollinators lost and the ecosystem in peril

Get a whiff of this. Airborne chemicals found in common fossil fuels are interfering with the pollination process, new research shows — to the point where it’s changing the way a flower smells. And while that may have a slight impact on folks who make a habit of stopping to smell the roses, the effect … Read more

Five things about covid we still don’t understand at our peril

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Five things about covid we still don’t understand at our peril

Since a new coronavirus launched the global pandemic that has now killed more than 6.5 million people — 16 percent of them in the United States alone ― scientists in record numbers have devoted themselves full time to unraveling its mysteries. In less than three years, researchers have published more than 200,000 studies about the … Read more