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If we need a plant to suck up excess carbon dioxide, we can plant lots of?.poison ivy?

In the July 17 edition of The New York Times, Anne Raver writes that when researchers pumped high levels of CO2 into an area planted in poison ivy, in a controlled experiment, the weed thrived AND the resin that causes the rash INCREASED. Raver quotes horticulturist Umar Mycka says that when people have strong reactions to poison ivy, it’s because “they got it under optimum conditions.” What are these conditions? Raver writes, “Picture a meadow or woods on a humid, overcast day, when those resins are pumping through the poison ivy vines ?” Sounds like the world of the future!

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We know that bees do a quantum dance, and it turns out that they also speak (or at least dance) foreign languages! And most people think before making decisions. As it turns out, so do bees.

Scientists wanted to find out if Asian and European honeybees living in the same hive could translate each other?s dances and discovered that the duration of the dances varies between species, even if bees are trying to communicate the same information. In LiveScience.com, Andrea Thompson quotes researcher Shaowu Zhang as saying, “It’s these differences which we can think of as distinct languages.”
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…and others are not – Many inmates spend decades on death row?how are the ones who are finally actually executed chosen? For instance, only around 50 of the over 3,200 inmates on death row were executed in 2006. A statistical analysis reveals the common traits of those who were given the needle?and they’re not what you expected!
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They MEAN well, but they’re wrecking Belize, which is an unforgettable mix of tropical waterfalls, ancient Mayan ruins and deep limestone caves. It’s one of the world’s most popular destinations for ecotourists. Researcher Peter Kumble is working with the Belize government to limit the environmental impact of ecotourism on these sensitive natural wonders.
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