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...give oil companies permits for off-shore drilling in areas which have recently been approved for this purpose, it would certainly add billions of dollars in additional money to the annual amounts that the Interior Department sends to the Treasury. Exxon Mobil says that if drilling can begin in all of these areas, it would create 76,000 jobs...
...general. One recent necessary breakthrough, Nussenzweig says, was finding a way to identify the blood cells that create HIV-specific antibodies. It was only after those cells could be separated from the bloodstream that scientists like Nussenzweig and Johannes Scheid, the first author on the Nature paper, could begin to study them properly...
...antibodies are there to begin with" - introduced via vaccine, for example - "they can prevent the infection," says Nussenzweig. "I think they could provide high-grade immunity if they were present in high-enough quantities before infection - but they'd have to be there beforehand...
Miles Swap. Delta and Midwest airlines will begin offering reciprocity between their frequent-flyer programs, plus each will grant access to the other's domestic-airport lounges by the end of the year. Earn and redeem frequent-flyer miles on either airline's network through the Delta SkyMiles, Northwest WorldPerks and Midwest Miles programs...
...Night (132 West 45th Street; 212-835-9600), Time (224 West 49th Street; 212-246-5252) or Stay (157 West 47th Street; 212-768-3700), pay only the cost of the room tax (6% in New York City) for the fourth night of a four-night stay. Rates begin at $199 a night. Book by March 31 for stays through April 15. (See 10 things to do in New York City...