posted by
sbisson at 06:27pm on 27/04/2004
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Thunder is rumbling around South London, and the heavens have opened, cooling things down nicely after a busy day involving furniture construction, an interesting press event, and a hot afternoon's shopping for this year's summer wardobe...
But, as
marypcb and I were walking back down the road from the tube station it was just starting to spit with rain, leaving us with a question that keeps coming back: what is it that makes that lovely smell of rain on warm pavements?
But, as
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New Scientist had something about this on its back page (The Last Word) a few years ago. The upshot was that the smell is due to Streptomyces bacteria - you can read the full answer online.
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Thanks!
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Beaten to it!
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If it weren't for the fact that petrichor is in the OED, I'd accuse you of making that word up.
Does this mean that the English language is now complete?
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