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Protecting civilization is the goal of the Kyoto Protocol, but the treaty allows 12 more years for implementation, on the assumption that climate change will be gradual. That assumption looks shaky. Studies of deep underground ice layers in Greenland, which reveal a record of climate changes over hundreds of thousands of years, show that major climate shifts, like the onset of the Younger Dryas, can come very abruptly--within a few decades...
...Customs recently began installing airport-surveillance systems that scan travelers for contraband using low-power X-rays, which reveal the shape of a person's navel and other, more private parts. The scans are voluntary, so we asked a few privacy experts if they'd rather be patted down by a guard or ogled onscreen...
...Gore, doffing his suit coat to reveal yet another sweat-soaked white shirt, his campaign uniform lately, began the symbolic handoff. (Alas, no batons or torches.) First he looked back, thanking Clinton for helping build a strong economy and a strong foundation. Then he swung forward: "The question in this election is whether we erode that foundation, or build on it." He recited some of his standard campaign promises, but also showed some flashes of wit that prove he may have learned a thing or two from The Master. Referring to the Republicans' charge at their convention that the Clinton...
Clinton is inclined to okay the export to a NATO ally. But there's a snag. Two years ago, the Administration promised that it would not approve the sale unless Turkey made "significant progress" on seven human-rights benchmarks. State Department reports reveal that Turkey still flunks them all. Administration aides are looking for ways to get out of the promise, but "we're going to hold them to it," says Amnesty International's Maureen Greenwood...
Though Harvard will not reveal the license fee paid by DuPont, it is small in corporate terms: the University takes in a total of $15 million per year from all technology licensing, a small fraction of its budget...