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This being Britain, mudlarks follow protocol from a higher power. Codifying a centuries-old tradition, the Treasure Act of 1996 dictates that any object dating from before 1709 and containing more than 10% gold or silver belongs to the Queen, although the finder and the landowner must be compensated. (The...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Following in the Footsteps of the Mud God | 10/12/2009 | See Source »

Harvard received an A- on the annual College Sustainability Report Card for the fourth year running, outpacing its Ivy League peers on such measures of greenness as "administration," "investment priorities," and "shareholder engagement." The report, first published in 2007 by the Sustainable Endowments Institute, aims to identify universities that have...

Author: By Athena Y. Jiang | Title: Harvard, Green Like Usual | 10/11/2009 | See Source »

From the ubiquitous T-shirts sporting a red-eyed tree frog clinging to an Imperial beer bottle, to the best-selling postcards featuring the flamboyant poison-dart frog holding court in the rainforest, Costa Ricans today identify with frogs the way Russians relate to bears. That's because Costa Rica...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Costa Rica's President: It's Not Easy Staying Green | 10/10/2009 | See Source »

If the group is able to sequence the genome of the patients, researchers said they will be able to better identify the specific mutations that cause autism. The grant, issued by the National Institute of Mental Health as part of billions in federal stimulus money, gives the group 18 months...

Author: By Linda Zhang, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Project to Look For Autism Gene | 10/9/2009 | See Source »

So MI5 has had its share of characters? So far as I know, MI5 is the first government agency to actually identify a sense of humor as a desirable trait in a recruit. When you look at the world of espionage, it's the only profession in which a fictional...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Author Christopher Andrew on MI5's Secrets | 10/8/2009 | See Source »

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