After the harsh morning sunlight, the research center was dark and cool inside. There, in front of a large monitor, an engineer clicked on a slide to begin the day’s presentation for his visitor: “Towards carbon emissions net zero,” it read. This was not, as the slide suggested, an environmental organization or a climate conference. TIME had been allowed inside the normally secretive R&D hub of Saudi Aramco, a fossil-fuel behemoth that dwarfs giants like ExxonMobil and Chevron.

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Leading talent agency Markham Froggatt and Irwin, who represent a host of star acting talent on both sides of the Atlantic, has joined the Curtis Brown group of companies. Curtis Brown is Europe’s largest and oldest literary and talent agency. Peter Froggatt set up the agency that would evolve into Markham Froggatt and Irwin in the 1960s, and Pippa Markham then took it into the U.S. market, establishing an international presence.

Women in War Sirs: In your issue of Oct. 23 you say that TIME welcomes letters from the war zone. The attached, received a few days ago, is, to me, a good example of what has come to be known as the British sense of humor. ARTHUR GOODFRIEND New York City Dear —–: I am so very sorry I haven’t written to you sooner. You must think it very ungracious of me, but we’ve had a lot of war about for the time of year, which has kept us busy.

Delicate microsurgery may prevent strokes With advancing age, as the arteries leading to the brain become more and more clogged by fatty deposits, the chances grow that a clot may form in one of the narrowed passages, cutting off the flow of blood to a region of the brain. The result may be a stroke, which could lead to loss of memory or speech, paralysis, and even death. For this type of patient, few treatments are available, though doctors sometimes prescribe anticoagulants to lessen the chance of clotting.