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...India, will try to set a long-term goal for reducing global greenhouse gas emissions. Speaking in Tokyo, Blair urged world leaders to commit to cutting global carbon emissions 50% by 2050 - including developing nations, which have no obligations under Kyoto - and paving the way toward a firm interim target for cuts by developed nations by 2020. Without near-term goals, a promise to cut emissions four decades in the future is virtually meaningless. But for years many developed nations - most significantly but not solely the U.S. - have been reluctant to fix themselves to carbon caps while major developing nations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blair Campaigns for Climate Action | 6/27/2008 | See Source »

...through an equitable climate deal for the world, then letting the magic of energy efficiency, renewable power and avoided deforestation take us to a low-carbon world. It's a framework that Blair and the Climate Group lay out well in their report. "Once you agree to a global target and a shared vision, you can identify the key building blocks for a new economy and move towards a new world," he said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blair Campaigns for Climate Action | 6/27/2008 | See Source »

...tell your story from the viewpoint of Skyler Rampike, the brother of a 6-year-old murder victim. Why this case? I wanted to write about a young person from a tabloid-target family. I had originally thought of writing about someone like the daughter of O.J. Simpson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Joyce Carol Oates Goes Tabloid! | 6/26/2008 | See Source »

...that such drugs are already being tested. Hagerman and a team at Chicago's Rush University Medical Center have begun trials with a drug called fenobam, originally designed as an antianxiety medication. MIT's Bear expects to begin trials with two other compounds later this year. The drugs target a receptor on brain cells that the fragile X protein normally helps regulate; the receptor, in turn, regulates proteins involved in learning and memory. "We're looking at a medication to reverse the retardation," says the optimistic Hagerman, "and I think we can achieve...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fragile X: Unraveling Autism's Secrets | 6/26/2008 | See Source »

...split Independents, a target demographic for both campaigns, with 44% supporting Obama and 43% McCain's. Obama overwhelmingly won the likability contest with 58% of respondents saying he's more likeable to McCain's 23%. Obama also led McCain among women...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama Lead Tight Over McCain | 6/26/2008 | See Source »

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