“Odors can be highly transitory, depending on the air currents. If this is happening in your house, ask if there are any possessions of that deceased loved one still around. If it happens elsewhere, consider just how many millions of people use the same perfume or smoke the same brand of cigar as someone you knew.” PeopleIfsStillsUseHappensAsksHouseMillionsAirHappeningsCurrentsPossessionBrandsSmokeLoved OnesElsewherePerfumeCigarTransitoryOdorDeceased Author:Seth Shostak
“[O]ne might ask why, in a galaxy of a few hundred billion stars, the aliens are so intent on coming to Earth at all. It would be as if every vertebrate in North America somehow felt drawn to a particular house in Peoria, Illinois. Are we really that interesting?” IfsMightWould BeEarthAmericaScienceAsksHouseStarsFeltInterestingParticularHundredBillionsAliensGalaxyNorth AmericaIllinoisVertebratesPeoria Author:Seth Shostak
