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...elevation to find cooler temperatures. Colwell found that as populations in lowland areas move up, they tend not to be replaced. That means that we may see a reduction in overall biodiversity and what scientists call "species richness." Meanwhile, species that already live at the highest elevations have no place to go, except perhaps to extinction. Case in point: the Golden Toad, which lived in the high-altitude cloud forests of Costa Rica and suddenly went extinct. Its disappearance may be due in part to warming, which made its habitat unlivable...
...least critically rethinks the status quo in our nation’s education policy. For years, American students have consistently underperformed on standardized measures of science, math, and reading compared to other developed nations, despite the fact that per pupil funding for education in America is among the highest in the world. Clearly, something in the current system is not working, and the problem may not be with the total amount of resources so much as the way in which they are allocated. Given the high stakes, the most destructive response to the current crisis in education is complacency. Fortunately...
...normal circumstances, interest-rate cuts by central banks would promote interbank lending. But Wednesday's coordinated rate cuts in the U.S., Europe and Asia have failed to restore lenders' confidence. The London Interbank Offered Rate, the benchmark for short-term interbank lending rates, actually rose to 4.75% Thursday, its highest level of the year. In Hong Kong, interbank lending rates have doubled in the past month. Banks remain gun-shy about resuming lending, in part because they remain unclear about the scope and details of a proposed U.S. bailout of its banking industry. "The level of trust between financial institutions...
...authors estimated that the average cost per drug had increased to $231 million, more than four times the highest previous estimate. An update published in 2003 raised the estimated cost of a new drug to $802 million...
...with an eye on the 2010 presidential race, in eastern Ukraine - where much of the population inclines more toward Russia than toward the West - and has backed the more Moscow-friendly Party of the Regions headed by Viktor Yanukovych. In last year's parliamentary election, Yanukovych's party polled highest, winning just over one-third of the national vote, but was kept out of power by a renewed coalition between Tymoshenko and Yushchenko...