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...suggests, is due to sublimation - that is, ice turning directly into water vapor with no intermediate step. That tends to happen when temperatures are cold and the air is extremely dry, which is the case at Kilimanjaro's higher-than-19,000-ft. summit (it's the same reason ice cubes slowly wilt away in a frost-free freezer). That happens all the time, but if there's less precipitation to build the glaciers back up, which may be the case here, the result is a net loss of ice. (See TIME's photo-essay "This Fragile Earth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Are Kilimanjaro's Glaciers Fading? | 11/3/2009 | See Source »

...only in “English 154: Literature and Sexuality” during shopping period, but it’s alluring enough to induce 481 Harvard undergraduates into enrolling in the class, despite liberals, conservatives, and faculty alike decrying sexual objectification. Our school delights in humanism—reason! Intellect! Achievement! But when it comes to sex, the pursuit of physical pleasure—as long as you’ve got a condom—transcends reason. Self-control is prudish, unenlightened restraint—down with the patriarchy! Away with gender roles! My body is my play...

Author: By Rachel L. Wagley | Title: Something More | 11/3/2009 | See Source »

...mind,” and “character” as the most essential and salient ingredient in modern subjectivity, as the “truth of the self,” reads the course description. Temporary physical pleasure now outwits the soul, reason, and virtue. Gone are the days when we place value on condemning its consequences, though many conspicuously refuse to participate...

Author: By Rachel L. Wagley | Title: Something More | 11/3/2009 | See Source »

...reports of them began appearing, his office issued a statement attempting to take the edge off of them. "Our goals remain unchanged. We want to get health insurance reform done this year, and we have unprecedented momentum to achieve that," Reid spokesman Jim Manley said. "There is no reason why we can't have a transparent and thorough debate in the Senate and still send a bill to the President by Christmas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Not So Fast: Reid Signals Delay in Health Reform | 11/3/2009 | See Source »

...reason, that is, except for the fact that it is already November...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Not So Fast: Reid Signals Delay in Health Reform | 11/3/2009 | See Source »

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