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Animals’ Wildly Varying Reactions to the Smell of Death
Cadaverine and putrescine are the chemicals responsible for the dead-flesh stench.
Nature, the IT Wizard
Nature manages information, the currency of life, with exquisite efficiency.
Meet Your Body’s Death Eaters
From brain to blood to bone, macrophages take out our cellular trash.
Our Nuclear Waste Is a Goldmine
Technology for generating power from spent uranium hits policy barriers.
Facebook Cools Off
Supercomputer centers slash excess electricity as smaller ones try to follow.