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The nose has long been viewed as a disorganized sensory organ, its odor receptors strewn about with very little rhyme or reason. A study in Nature Neuroscience , published online September 25, challenges that notion. It suggests that odor receptors are grouped by the pleasantness of the odors they detect

By Natasha Gilbert of Nature magazine Consumers who flush unwanted contraceptives down the drain have long been blamed for giving fish more than their fair share of sex organs. [More]

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We’ve long been friends of the folks at the LeMay—America’s Car Museum. When we

Those who might be inclined to regard this month’s selection of his and her gifts for Valentine’s Day (see "Love Matches," page 88) as yet another example of our society’s coarse commercialization would do well to remember that the romantic sentiments we idealize on this particular holiday have long been ...