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Why does sulfur stink so bad?

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Since pure natural gas (a.k.a. methane) has no smell, utility companies add smelly, sulfur-containing odorants called mercaptans, or thiols, to warn us if anything is amiss with our pipelines. ... Olfactory receptors are present in specialized sensory cells called olfactory sensory neurons, which line our noses

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