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...brain is nothing if not a biological machine - one that works like any other machine, at least when it comes to temperature. Parts that are working harder than others become hotter than others, thanks to the additional flow of blood shunted their way. Engineer Tom Chau of the University of Toronto suspected he could take advantage of that fact...
...Both teams shot well in the first half, the visitors making 17 of 29 shots (58.6 percent), while Harvard was an even hotter 63.6 percent (14 of 22). But the Crimson made 11 turnovers in the period, leading to 13 Bulldog points...
...comforting thought, except for one thing: it's not true. A study published in the Jan. 9 issue of Science shows that far from compensating for the damages associated with climate change (heavier and more frequent storms, increasing desertification, sea-level rise), hotter temperatures will seriously diminish the world's ability to feed itself. David Battisti, an atmospheric scientist at the University of Washington, and Rosamond Naylor, director of the Program for Food Security and the Environment at Stanford University, analyzed data from 23 climate models and found a more than 90% chance that by the end of the century...
That means that barring a swift and sudden reduction in greenhouse-gas emissions, by the end of the century an average July day will almost certainly be hotter than the hottest heat waves we experience now. And the extreme heat will wilt our crops. Battisti and Naylor looked at the effect that major heat waves have had on agriculture in the past - like the ruthless heat in Western Europe during the summer of 2003 - and found that crop yields have suffered deeply. In Italy, maize yields fell 36% in 2003, compared with the previous year, and in France they fell...
...remember thinking initially, that’s like a pretty plastic thing, and oh, wait, no, actually, that’s made of ice,” Sweeny laughed, recalling the moment when she realized that plastic would not be melting under the lights.Even with the financial crisis growing hotter, a reappearance for the reindeer does not appear to be out of the question. Pressed on what exactly had been cut from this year’s party, Business School spokesman Brian Kenny repeatedly refused to cite specific examples of belt-tightening measures. “This isn?...