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Elevated CO2 further lengthens growing season under warming conditions
"a longer growing season, especially in years or biomes where water is a limiting factor, is not due to warming alone, but also to higher atmospheric CO2 concentrations that extend the active period of plant annual life cycles."
The Curious Case of Baarle-Nassau and Baarle-Hertog
"the international border that separates the Belgian town of Baarle-Hertog from the Dutch town of Baarle-Nassau does not run straight. It is not even curved. Instead, there are 26 separate pieces of land – little bits of Belgium and Netherlands scattered around Baarle."
Cavities are contagious, research shows
"Mothers with cavities can transmit caries-producing oral bacteria to their babies when they clean pacifiers by sticking them in their own mouths or by sharing spoons."
Man commits suicide, blames ex-wife in suicide note; ex-wife takes control of copyright, tries to get note (and man’s other writings) removed from Internet
One of the stranger copyright-related cases that I've come across.
Calls to class far-right Jewish settlers as terrorists after Israeli soldiers attacked
I tend to have a relatively positive view of Israel, but there are certain groups in its society I wouldn't have a problem classifying this way.