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If you have never much believed in natural selection, a trip to Madagascar would likely change your mind. The flora and fauna here, having developed for some 80 million years in virtual isolation from the rest of the world, have taken some curious evolutionary turns. The nocturnal aye-aye, for...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Madagascar Needs is a Mascot | 10/1/2008 | See Source »

And that is perhaps where the lemur's most adaptive, if accidental, characteristic comes into play: cuteness. Adorability certainly won't keep a lemur from getting eaten by its predator, the fossa, but it could get the species noticed by at least a few of the six and a half...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Madagascar Needs is a Mascot | 10/1/2008 | See Source »

I enjoyed the profile of David Cameron [Sept. 22]. I share the outlook of the article that, barring an economic miracle, his party will win the next British general election. The Conservative Party of Margaret Thatcher and John Major was torn apart by infighting, much like the Labour government is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cameron in Focus | 10/1/2008 | See Source »

Despite surveys that show a rise of anti-American sentiment in recent years, many Britons still love America, and the British political classes invest great importance in their country's "special relationship" with the U.S. Still, it's safe to say that the sharp sense of disappointment expressed by Cameron...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Washington Antics Dismay Britain's Conservatives | 10/1/2008 | See Source »

Fixing this crisis will involve compromises no one likes and discipline everyone needs. That's a pretty good template for the challenges ahead, like energy independence and entitlement reform. As a Senator, McCain has a long record of taking hard positions and ignoring party orthodoxy in the hunt for common...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Candidates' Test of Leadership | 9/30/2008 | See Source »

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