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...thinks the problem of world food shortage can be solved by simply growing more food. With the world population expected to reach 9 billion by mid-century, which will stress every resource on Earth, we need to begin discussing some of the taboos around curbing population growth. John Noble, GENEVA...
Harvard hit the waters hard in Geneva, N.Y. last weekend, hoping to finish in the top nine at the ICSA Coed Dinghy National Semifinals and claim a spot at the National Championships in June. Despite poor conditions, the squad nabbed seventh with 112, finishing just behind Stanford.“This weekend was really important,” senior Elyse Dolbec said. “It was really important for us to finish in the top nine. That was our main goal.”According to junior Jon Garrity, this is the first year that the ICSA has held...
...it’s like having rulings of a thousandth of an inch.” The scientists say they will test the device this summer at the Mt. Hopkins Observatory in Arizona in preparation for use as part of a joint operation by Harvard and the University of Geneva that will be based in the Canary islands. The New Earths Initiative, to which Harvard will contribute $6.5 million of astronomical equipment, including the astro-comb, will begin scanning the skies for Earth-like planets in late 2009 or early 2010, according to Szentgyorgyi. But while many say Earth-like...
Then he stops himself, having noticed the looks from the guys gathered around the table. They aren't rock stars; they're airline executives who work in outposts of the Virgin empire--San Francisco, Geneva and Brisbane--and they've heard this story before. Rather than bore them, Branson spends the next couple of hours dishing with his crew. Whose airport lounge can passengers use in San Francisco? (Alaska Airlines.) Is anyone making money flying direct to India? (American is, Chicago--New Delhi.) Which U.S. carrier will fall next? (ATA shuts days later.) We all gossip a bit about...
...described by the U.S. Constitution and an international convention against torture, for which the United States is a signatory. A year later, McCain supported another bill, called the Military Commissions Act, which again made it a clear criminal act to employ "cruel or inhuman" treatment, as described by the Geneva Conventions...