{
  "id": 16759663,
  "title": "The world hasn’t become less smelly — we’ve just lost our nasal knowledge",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/the-world-hasnt-become-less-smelly-weve-just-lost-our-nasal-knowledge",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-27T14:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Big Think",
    "slug": "big-think",
    "url": "https://bigthink.com/books/sniff-book/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Air, land, and sea. Our world is characterized by a proliferating variety of uncertain scents. Yet our noses are ill-equipped to discern between them. Pollution, pandemics, and poverty have conspired to reduce our sensitivity. Some gases, such as the rotten-egg stink of hydrogen sulfide emitted by industries and waste sites, induce a selective loss of smell. These substances are most dangerous…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}