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...five-year collaborative study tracked habitats, distributions and threats to every known species of mammal on the planet. That isn't as straightforward as you might think. New species are discovered constantly - the total number of known mammalian species is up 19% since 1992. Though they're the largest type of animals, mammals range in size from the titanic blue whale to the tiny mouse lemurs of Madagascar, which can fit in the palm of your hand. What they have in common are clear threats from us. "Mammals are important because they play key roles in ecosystems and provide important...
...proposal also includes a measure to use the city’s reserve, or “free cash,” funds to meet $17 million of Cambridge’s 2009 budgetary needs. The city’s reserve fund, which currently contains $91 million, is the largest in the area, said Vice Mayor Brian P. Murphy ’86-’87. For each of the past three years, Cambridge has taken $9 million of this money to reduce property tax increases. The new tax plan did not meet universal acclaim. Kathy Podgers, who frequently...
...unlikely combination of President John W. Rowe of Exelon Corporation, one of America’s largest electrical companies, speaking on the future of sustainable energy drew a packed audience in Science Center D yesterday afternoon...
Adams House Master Judith S. Palfrey ’67, a pediatrician at Children’s Hospital Boston, was named president of the American Academy of Pediatrics late last week. She will serve a three-year term as head of the nation’s largest pediatrics organization in addition to fulfilling her responsibilities as a physician and Harvard professor. To win the position, Palfrey successfully navigated a nine-month-long process that included rigorous interviews and a nation-wide campaign culminating in an election before the 60,000 members of the academy. “Because you?...
...much for European unity. Less than 24 hours after leaders of the European Union's four largest countries gathered in Paris Saturday to pledge a collective defense in the global financial crisis, the strategy crumbled in the face of a still worsening credit crisis in Europe's banks. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, faced with the breakdown of a government-brokered deal with German banks to save one of Germany's biggest mortgage lenders, announced that all German bank deposits would be guaranteed by the government, causing consternation and anger among her European neighbors, many of whom felt compelled to follow...