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Today you\u2019ll learn about how rockets are preventing the ozone layer from healing properly, how researchers are figuring out the smells of the ancient world, and how mother orca whales take care of their sons to ensure the survival of their species.

Rockets Ruin Ozone\xa0

• \u201cA rapidly growing rocket industry could undo decades of work to save the ozone layer \u2013 unless we act now\u201d by Laura Revell, Michele Bannister, and Tyler Brown
  • https://theconversation.com/a-rapidly-growing-rocket-industry-could-undo-decades-of-work-to-save-the-ozone-layer-unless-we-act-now-198982
• \u201cRocket industry could undo decades of work to save the ozone layer\u201d by University of Canterbury
  • https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/news/2023/rocket-industry-could-undo-decades-of-work-to-save-the-ozone-layer.html
• \u201cOzone layer recovery is on track, due to success of Montreal Protocol\u201d by United Nations
  • https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/01/1132277
• \u201cScientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 2022\u201d by World Meteorological Organization
  • https://ozone.unep.org/system/files/documents/Scientific-Assessment-of-Ozone-Depletion-2022-Executive-Summary.pdf

Neanderthal Smells\xa0

• \u201cStudy figured out what ancient humans might have been able to smell\u201d by Pranjal Mehar
  • https://www.techexplorist.com/study-figured-ancient-humans-able-smell/56561/
• \u201cAncient Humans Had Same Sense of Smell, But Different Sensitivities\u201d by Karl Leif Bates
  • https://today.duke.edu/2023/01/ancient-humans-had-same-sense-smell-different-sensitivities
• Genetic and functional odorant receptor variation in the Homo lineage\u201d by Claire A. de March et al.
  • https://www.cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S2589-0042(22)02181-2

Orca Moms\xa0

• \u201cOrca moms baby their adult sons. That favoritism pays off \u2014 eventually\u201d by Susan Milius
  • https://www.sciencenews.org/article/orca-mom-sons-favoritism-killer-whale
• \u201cCostly lifetime maternal investment in killer whales\u201d by Michael N. Weiss et al.
  • https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(22)01994-7
• \u201cKiller whales follow postmenopausal leaders\u201d by Susan Milius
  • https://www.sciencenews.org/article/killer-whales-follow-postmenopausal-leaders

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