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...zero net-emitter of carbon - by 2021. (Maldives is the only other developing country to set that goal.) Costa Ricans, or Ticos as they call themselves, believe it's attainable largely because 95% of their country's energy production already comes from renewable, non-polluting sources. As a result, Costa Rican President Oscar Arias is jockeying for a global leadership role on climate change. Arias was one of five keynote speakers to address the U.N. Climate Change Summit on Sept. 22, calling on the world to shift military spending to fight global warming - to "save our species from the real...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Costa Rica's President: It's Not Easy Staying Green | 10/10/2009 | See Source »

Matherites were, for the most part, under the impression that Mather simply did not have an IM rep. The result: just a little bit of panic... just a little...

Author: By H. Zane B. Wruble | Title: Mather Will Forfeit No More | 10/9/2009 | See Source »

...trial against Borukhova and Mallayev was fraught with procedural difficulties that included hasty rescheduling to accommodate the judge’s vacation, Dershowitz’s brother Nathan, who is also helping with the case, told The New York Times. As a result, the prosecution received more time to prepare their closing argument than the defense...

Author: By Elias J. Groll, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dershowitz Appeals NY Murder Verdict | 10/9/2009 | See Source »

Fluid dynamics researchers Jacy C. Bird and William D. Ristenpart were doing routine experiments on water droplets, when the supposedly predictable outcome failed to materialize. Instead of coalescing as expected, the charged water drops they were testing began repelling each other—a result that seemed to fly in the face of elementary science...

Author: By Xi Yu, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Water Drops Defy Elemental Physics | 10/9/2009 | See Source »

...Iraq and Afghanistan, in the form of a regional settlement unfavorable to the Jewish state. Some polls show that only 4% of Israelis think Obama is "pro-Israeli." Bucking the trend of Israeli leaders' avoidance of confrontations with the White House, Netanyahu has seen his popularity spike as a result of his defiance of U.S. demands for a complete settlement freeze...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cool Reaction in the Mideast to Obama's Nobel Prize | 10/9/2009 | See Source »

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