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Studies headed by the Australian National University show that reefs may be vulnerable to another environmental insult: wildfires. A new report suggests that smoke from 1997 Indonesian fires deposited iron on the surface of the water, leading to the growth of phytoplankton. This caused a so-called red tide that suffocated the coral. The only good reef news comes from a new four-nation study suggesting that while climate change certainly isn't good for coral, the tiny organisms may do better than we think at adapting to new conditions. Species with a tolerance for warmer waters may already...
...most pervasive threat emerges from a fierce nationalism and a deep-rooted tribal instinct that interpret every U.S. search or arrest as an insult. That feeling is perhaps strongest in Fallujah and Ramadi, cities west of Baghdad where some of the most deadly attacks on American troops have come. These cities fall within the so-called Sunni triangle, where U.S. officials believe Saddam and most of his followers are hiding. But locals deny that the attacks have any connection with Saddam...
...first film, he slipped a laxative to a public bathroom--averse buddy at school. He is also 100% id: in a move so testosteroney even Maxim wouldn't endorse it, he kissed a guy just to get two women to make out in return. If there is someone to insult, Stifler is there. If there is a bet to be won, Stifler will drink from the spit bowl...
...movie theater any summer, you can practically hear the atrophying of brain cells. Summer pictures don't insult the audience's intelligence so much as they ignore it, playing instead to the mass-market inner child. But with most big films serving as a form of pop-cultural potty training, there's a grand void to be filled for viewers who have not sent their brains to summer camp--who want the occasional film to speak to their inner grownup...
...Adding insult to possible injury, the government has been running a series of spiteful anti-Suu Kyi articles on the front pages of its state-run newspapers. These stories, supposedly written by a disillusioned NLD insider, blame Suu Kyi for the May clash, call her "willful and hard-headed" and praise the junta profusely: "Whatever the provocation, responsible leaders of the present government, preferring to act with forbearance, and on the basis of give and take, have always chosen to take action in moderation." Though few Burmese find the articles believable, many find them entertaining. "Some of the stories they...