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Both companies have promised to deliver fuel-efficient vehicles with advanced power trains that will alter perceptions about cars. "The Fisker Karma is the future of driving," says Henrik Fisker, founder and chief executive of the company bearing his name. "It proves we can drive environmentally responsible cars without sacrificing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The U.S. Bets a Billion on New High-Tech Automakers | 10/7/2009 | See Source »

Researchers announced this week the early trial results of a new vaccine to fight cocaine addiction - a compound that, by vaccine standards, was only mildly effective but served as an important proof of concept that vaccination against addiction could work.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cautious Hopes for a Cocaine Vaccine | 10/7/2009 | See Source »

Another issue is that the vaccine would require booster shots to maintain a consistent level of antibodies, so Volkow suggests that a successful vaccine would in theory be most useful for relapse prevention, rather than to initiate abstinence. "If you give it to someone who has gone through rehab and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cautious Hopes for a Cocaine Vaccine | 10/7/2009 | See Source »

Verbal abilities are essential for all college students, whether they are aspiring scientists, programmers, or economists. Any scientist or researcher will struggle to be effective if she can’t advocate for her findings. By removing the essay, MIT sends a signal to high-school students that writing and...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Losing the Essay | 10/7/2009 | See Source »

Demonstrations such as these against the nation's military adventures have cropped up at nearly every important conflict in U.S. history. The Peace Democrats of the 1860s became pejoratively known as Copperheads - after a Southeastern snake that attacks without warning - for their opposition to the Civil War. Peace Democrats were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Antiwar Movements in the U.S. | 10/7/2009 | See Source »

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