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...that's five foreign winners - two Anglos, a Frenchwoman, a Spaniard and an Aussie - and an American who lives in France. All these winners are shoo-ins for Oscar nominations. So is Juno, the indie comedy that has that Little Miss Sunshine sheen and has already topped Sunshine's total box-office gross...
...might not expect Montana to be a climate change pioneer. Though Montanans emit nearly twice as much greenhouse gases as the average American on a per-capita basis - thanks to the state's long distances and cold weather - the Treasure State accounts for just 0.6% of total greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. But under Gov. Brian Schweitzer, this often right-leaning state is tackling both the effects of global warming and its causes, in a way that puts the federal government to shame. In November, a climate change advisory committee for the state, initiated by Schweitzer, delivered its first...
...University of Wisconsin at Madison, whose provost signed the letter, ranked second in total research and development expenditures in 2006, while Harvard did not break...
...level of total federal funding for scientific research—separate from state budgets—nearly doubled from $16 billion in 1999 to $30 billion in 2006, according to the National Science Foundation. In some areas, however, notably medical research, federal funding has stagnated...
...cheeky, blue-skinned Smurfs have left a giant footprint on the world since first appearing in a humble comic strip half a century ago. Since then, they have become global cartoon stars: they have appeared in video games and had theme park attractions devoted to them. In total, more than 300 million tiny plastic Smurf figurines have proliferated around the world...