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The splintered fluorine atoms, the researchers report, are safely sequestered by reacting them with potassium hydride in solution to form potassium fluoride, a nontoxic ingredient in toothpaste.

One afternoon shortly after the vote, members of the splinter group gathered outside of San Francisco, hiking through the chaparrals of the San Bruno hills, and plotted what to do next.

The trio were hugely impressive in the team's age-grade World Cup win in the summer, with set-piece dominance splintering France in the final.

Deconstructing the way an idea spreads through society helps scientists understand what makes communities come together or splinter apart, Dunivin said.

The cousins’ journey — which starts with a guided Jewish heritage tour of Warsaw and Lublin, after which they splinter off to Dory’s rural birthplace — covers as much emotional territory as it does physical.