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To smell, in both senses of the word, is human through and through. Anyone who has lived in the vicinity of a paper mill or sulphuric geothermal activity knows how the smell is not only money, that is, livelihood, but becomes the people.

Convenors Giacomo Savani, Lavinia Maddaluno and Davide Martino reflect on their workshop that took place in Cambridge on 16 January 2023.

Even if we never receive extraterrestrial visitors, a material archive of transformations will have global value that may be sufficient to extend the lifespan of human civilization.