The refrigerator preserves food from decay.

They are subject to, and victims of extortion, rape, murder, and even organ theft, their bodies left to rot in the desert.

Nylon was the start of blending two or more yarns in the production of socks, a process that still continues.

It was an amazingly smelly city. Not just because of the cesspools, but also the sheer number of livestock in the city would shock people.

In their formal concert outfits, with masks on to protect themselves from the stench of decay, two classical musicians from Tetovo played Bach's famous orchestral suite Air to protest pollution.

Bacteria are vital in recycling nutrients, with many of the stages in nutrient cycles dependent on these organisms, such as the fixation of nitrogen from the atmosphere and putrefaction.