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Decoding smell: Study reveals how wind transforms odor signals

Decoding smell: Study reveals how wind transforms odor signalsWorldPing

Humans trust dogs to help find missing people, and bees to pollinate their crops. But scientists still don't fully understand how these animals use their extraordinary sense of smell to locate the source of an odor.

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