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From Independent RSS Feed: Scientists may have just found the key reason why coffee is good for you

Scientists have finally cracked one of the biggest mysteries in the senses: how smell is organized. By mapping millions of neurons in mice, researchers discovered that smell receptors in the nose aren’t random at all—they’re arranged in neat, overlapping…

Detailed maps of smell receptors in the nose overturn textbook models of olfactory receptor organization in mice. Detailed maps of smell receptors in the nose overturn textbook models of olfactory receptor organization in mice.