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...alone. As more and more people migrate to cities, they create additional opportunities for the mosquito to spread the virus. The problem is particularly acute in developing countries, where inadequate utilities mean residents must store water in jars and tanks - prime breeding grounds for the Aedes aegypti. Increasing air travel is also a factor as infected fliers spread the disease quickly worldwide. "It's simplistic to suggest that the increasing outbreak is solely caused by climate change," says Simon Hales, a senior research fellow at New Zealand's University of Otago. "But those who would suggest that it has nothing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Vagabond Virus | 12/6/2007 | See Source »

...Design and over the past year they have showcased the laser technology in Mexico City, Barcelona, Amsterdam and Vienna. Last month they showed up at a Taipei conference on new media and left behind equipment as a gift for a local graffiti group. Next summer, Powderly and Roth will travel to Beijing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Writing on the Wall | 12/6/2007 | See Source »

...Body Shop, 1440 Mass. Ave.) 3) Soap, Soap, Soap! Five bars for $12: Scents include: coconut, passion fruit, papaya, satsuma, strawberry, almond, and olive. Perfect for your stinky roommate. (The Body Shop, 1440 Mass. Ave.) 4) Gingerbread House Kit, $9.99: Fun and tasty! (CVS, 1426 Mass. Ave.) 5) Travel Scrabble, $14.95: For your favorite dorky verbalist. (The Coop, 1400 Mass. Ave.) 6) The Ultimate George W. Bushisms: Bush at War (with the English Language) by James Weisberg, $9.95: #10 in this book of George W. quotes: “I am the master of low expectations...

Author: By Erinn V. Westbrook, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 15 Holiday Gifts for Under $15 | 12/5/2007 | See Source »

...first opened in 1927 and quickly became a favorite of poets like E. E. Cummings, Class of 1915, and T. S. Eliot, Class of 1909. It remains one of only two not-for-profit bookstores in the country. The Globe Corner Bookstore at 90 Mt. Auburn St. specializes in travel, while Revolution Books at 1156 Mass. Ave. sells primarily Communist literature. And Schoenhof’s Foreign Books, at 76 Mt. Auburn St. #A, founded in 1856, has the largest selection of foreign language books in the country, according to their Web site. Daniel Eastman, the store?...

Author: By Ana P. Gantman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Bookstores Galore | 12/5/2007 | See Source »

Trains can save the world.That may sound a bit hyperbolic, but it’s true. Traveling by train—instead of plane or car—reduces carbon emissions, weans the nation from oil, and revitalizes dying communities.In fact, the benefits are so overwhelming that I insist on taking the train almost anywhere I go—including when leaving Cambridge for home. I live in Chicago.The environmental and economic benefits of train travel are well documented: the emissions per passenger per mile are about one-tenth of flying, for example, and it was only after...

Author: By Paras D. Bhayani, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Cambridge Express | 12/5/2007 | See Source »

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