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...take the greatest extremes of warming to make life uncomfortable for large numbers of people. Even slightly higher temperatures in regions that are already drought- or flood-prone would exacerbate those conditions. In temperate zones, warmth and increased CO2 would make some crops flourish?at first. But beyond 1.5? of warming, says Bill Easterling, a professor of geography and agronomy at Penn State and a lead author of the IPCC report, "there would be a dramatic turning point. U.S. crop yields would start to decline rapidly." In the tropics, where crops are already at the limit of their temperature range...
Never was there so unlikely a horse-racing champion as Seabiscuit. He was undersize, injury prone, had a flayed foreleg and a broken-boned, one-eyed jockey. Yet, thanks to a gifted trainer, Seabiscuit topped his career by beating War Admiral in a sensational meeting in 1938. Hillenbrand's prose is often breathless and overwrought, but readers should ride this one to the wire...
...talent doesn't stop at Sweden's borders and, despite the stereotype, these musicmakers are far from one-dimensional. "Their influences are so varied that you get all kinds of songs," says Polydor exec Colin Barlow. So while some producers are prone to allegations of pop prefab, others seem more like musical artisans. Here's a look at some Nordic talent that's changing - for better or worse - the sound of music...
...heart attacks or the bypass operations afterward that for some reason often leave the patient prone to depression? It seems an odd emotional logic to become depressed after having been given new piping and a new lease on life. Some lore has it that bypass people are a little crazier than most, that the "cabbage" (coronary-artery bypass) activates a wild hair. I am beginning to think there's truth in the theory that bypass surgery damages the memory. Mine was once photographic. Now I have to work harder sometimes to fetch a name. The other day, for some reason...
...PLAQUE PRONE You thought chronic infections like sinusitis or bronchitis were punishment enough? Now a study suggests that people who get repeat infections have a threefold greater risk of developing artery-clogging plaque, making chronic infections a stronger risk factor than even high blood pressure or elevated cholesterol. Why? To fight infections, the body releases substances that may make arterial walls vulnerable to clogging...