• COVER:Guess Who Came to Dinner? - A visit from George Clooney, home handyman and the last true movie star • WORLD: Cuba's Chance - With Fidel Castro finally fading from the scene, his brother and heir Raúl has a golden opportunity to take the country on a new path to freedom. The U.S. can help--if it is prepared to break some shackles of its own • HEALTH & MEDICINE: Stuck on the Couch - Psst! Exercise is good for you. Knew that already? So do most of us, yet we still do nothing about it. Here's why • ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT: Who Owns History? - Nations want their looted art returned. Great museums want to keep the treasures. Is there a right way to divide the past?
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Some Contents:
Lost in Microbial Space
Caroline Ash, John Foley, and Elizabeth Pennisi
The Inner Lives of Sponges
Gretchen Vogel
Symbiotic ties, bioactive compounds, and mysterious distributions of bacteria characterize these ancient invertebrates.
Confusing Kinships
John Bohannon
Understanding microbial evolution and ecology rests on a solid classification system, but coming up with one is difficult.
BusinessWeek is a business magazine published by McGraw-Hill. It was first published in 1929 (as The Business Week) under the direction of Malcolm Muir, who was serving as president of the McGraw-Hill Publishing company at the time.[1] Its primary competitors in the national business magazine category are Fortune and Forbes, which are published bi-weekly.
The 22nd edition of The Economist's annual compilation of forecasts, The World in 2008 examines critical issues that will shape the year ahead. Journalists from The Economist, prominent politicians and luminaries from the world of business look ahead to bring you their considered predictions on business, politics, technology and more.
Among the contributors to The World in 2008 are President Nicolas Sarkozy of France, President Felipe Calderon of Mexico, Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the House of Representatives, Michael Bloomberg, the mayor of New York, and Ban Ki-moon, the secretary-general of the United Nations. Angelina Jolie writes in her capacity as a UNHCR goodwill ambassador, and there are articles from PepsiCo's Indra Nooyi and from one of China's best-known bosses, Jack Ma of Alibaba. Indeed, there is a special section on China (the Beijing Olympics will hog the headlines in 2008), including an article by the Dalai Lama. As ever, the publication is both entertaining and informative, telling readers what to expect in 2008 on topics ranging from James Bond to the International Year of the Potato.
Science is the academic journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and is considered one of the world's most prestigious scientific journals.[1][2] The peer-reviewed journal, first published in 1880 is circulated weekly and has a print subscriber base of around 130,000. Because institutional subscriptions and online access serve a larger audience, its estimated readership is one million people.
The 22nd edition of The Economist's annual compilation of forecasts, The World in 2008 examines critical issues that will shape the year ahead. Journalists from The Economist, prominent politicians and luminaries from the world of business look ahead to bring you their considered predictions on business, politics, technology and more.
