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...days of the Clean Air Act, which was passed in part because auto-induced smog was rendering southern California unlivable. The Clean Air Act actually allows California to set its own, stricter vehicle emissions standards - rather than deferring to Washington - and then allows other states to choose to follow Sacramento's lead. Following in that tradition, in 2005 California passed a law that would tighten greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles, starting with 2009 models, eventually leading to a 30% reduction in overall global warming emissions by model year 2016. Sixteen other states, both red and blue, have moved to adopt...
...took critics longer to embrace, like Apocalypse Now, or audiences to discover, like The Rain People (see box). "The easiest way to make sure a movie is successful is to make a traditional movie very well," he says. "If you make a slightly unusual movie or [don't] exactly follow the rules as everyone sees them, then you get in trouble or, like with Apocalypse, wait 20 years to hear that was really good." Coppola's career capstone was to be a utopian story set in Manhattan called Megalopolis, an original script he had been tinkering with since...
...Stephen's and Conan's jokes, those viewers could find watching them an easy habit to break. No, they won't quit TV altogether. But they'll be glad to ditch their shakier TV commitments and click over to MySpace or Second Life. And the advertisers will gladly follow...
...deliver by offering a mix as eclectic as the country they live in. This season, which runs from Nov. 25 to April 6, kicks off with folksinger Vusi Mahlasela, often described as South Africa's Bob Dylan. There follow 26 concerts from performers as varied as the Cape Philharmonic Orchestra, pop chart-toppers Freshlyground and punk rockers Fokofpolisiekar, plus four nights of Christmas carols. Tickets are $6-$7 and go on sale two days before each concert...
...have pinpointed several proteins that could be used in a chlamydia vaccine. Timms hopes to begin testing the vaccine on koalas this month. According to Timms, over half of Australia’s koalas are infected with chlamydia. Guinea pig trials, with actual guinea pigs, will hopefully follow in 2008. “The idea is to be able to model the immune system and then test some vaccines that the Australians have underway to see if they can actually protect in other models,” Starnbach says. Dubbed the “Silent Killer,” chlamydia...