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Submitted by David on Mon, 2010-08-23 16:58

Men eat meat, women eat chocolate: How food gets gendered: A lot appears to come down to cultural factors, but other things also play a role.
Drought Drives Decade-Long Decline in Plant Growth: NASA's been known to have occasional issues with their satellite data, but nonetheless here's something to consider: "Conventional wisdom based on previous research held that land plant productivity was on the rise. A 2003 paper in Science led by then University of Montana scientist Ramakrishna Nemani (now at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.) showed that global terrestrial plant productivity increased as much as six percent between 1982 and 1999. ... Setting out to update that analysis, Zhao and Running expected to see similar results as global average temperatures have continued to climb. Instead, they found that the impact of regional drought overwhelmed the positive influence of a longer growing season, driving down global plant productivity between 2000 and 2009."
Antwun Parker's Mom Says Son's A 'Hero': A delusional mother unable to think critically about her children... symptomatic of the times? Getting shot while committing a crime does not make one a hero.
It’s Not You, It’s Your Books: To a certain extent I think that I'd have to agree that the books people read shape my views of them. That said, I've got my feet in a number of different worlds, so my reading habits would probably be a bit difficult to describe as anything other than eclectic.

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Fri, 2010-09-03 02:22

I like chicken more than chocolate!