Check out this hysterical rant by Conan about Boron misreporting (below the fold).
Hat-tip: Wired Science
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Carbon, with its four valence electrons, is in a unique position; its valence shells are exactly half filled. Compounds of elements with three valence electrons (such as boron) and elements with five valence electrons (such as nitrogen) can act very much like their carbon analogues.
While it might sound science fiction or comic book fodder, scientists have actua
"And argon, krypton, neon, radon, xenon, zinc and rhodium,
And chlorine, cobalt, carbon, copper, tungsten, tin and sodium.
These are the only ones of which the news has come to Harvard,
And there may be many others, but they haven't been discarvard." -Tom Lehrer
Boron isotope evidence for oceanic carbon dioxide leakage during the last deglaciation by M. A. Martínez-Botí,G. Marino, G. L. Foster, P. Ziveri,M. J. Henehan, J. W. B. Rae, P. G. Mortyn & D. Vance.