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Never mind the image of Mars as a dead and desolate world. The Red Planet has lately become one of the busiest little places in the solar system...
...TIME published planet Earth: An Illustrated History, a captivating visual journey of the world's sciences and unending beauty. Earth is for the living, said Jefferson, and this book is for you. And speaking of books, congratulations to TIME contributor and former correspondent Aravind Adiga, whose astonishing first novel about India, The White Tiger, won this year's Man Booker Prize...
...same time, we have a moral responsibility to ensure that the living conditions of poor people all over the world are improved, but this improvement will mean more consumption, more problems with food and resources and more garbage. What do we think we're up to? The planet of the apes is no longer science fiction - we are living on it. André Brossé, VOSSELAAR, BELGIUM...
...Nearly 80 million babies are born a year, all of whom need food, energy and housing. The simplest and most significant thing any of us can do to save our beautiful planet is to limit the size of our families. Yet not a word about population restraint in your Heroes issue. Lorna Currie Thomopoulos, COBHAM, ENGLAND...
...less from France. But what about France's contribution to energy efficiency in solar/laser and mechanical dynamo power expertise, not forgetting France's fashion expertise for thermal underwear, socks and gloves and a lightweight oversuit with shoe gloves. Keep innovating, guys. Your country needs you, and so does our planet. If you need further support, remember marathon runner Mavis Lindgren who, at 78, recorded a VO2 max equal to the average sedentary 20-year-old. Aerobic exercise rocks, and offers no-risk economies to the health service, and a longer active physical and mental working life. James Gooding, ENGLAND...