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Svalbard is a repository for samples from national seed banks across the globe - almost every country in the world has one. Their purpose, of course, is to backup native plant varieties. If climate conditions change or a disease threatens crops currently in use, plant breeders can dip into seed banks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Planet's Ultimate Backup Plan: Svalbard | 2/27/2009 | See Source »

The Svalbard vault is just one in a series of investments necessary to ensure that a warmer, more populous world will still be able to feed itself. Funding for global agricultural research has dwindled in recent years, in the wake of the great success of the Green Revolution of the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Planet's Ultimate Backup Plan: Svalbard | 2/27/2009 | See Source »

Dear bagel scoopers, Brain Break crumb eaters, steamed broccoli mound-makers: This column is for you. If you’ve used the excuse, “I already had a huge lunch,” to get out of a meal; if you’ve made arbitrary food...

Author: By Rebecca A. Cooper, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Calories for the Harvard Soul | 2/27/2009 | See Source »

As a composer, conductor, and classical music commentator, Rob Kapilow truly knows classical music—from its creation to its presentation to its reception by the general public. The National Public Radio veteran and former Yale music professor has dedicated his career to attuning the untrained ear to the...

Author: By Monica S. Liu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Kapilow Channels Seuss | 2/27/2009 | See Source »

I understand the court's work is in danger, however. You're running out of money. From the beginning, the decision was taken to have the court funded by voluntary contributions. That makes it very challenging. Countries make their decisions on whether to fund it annually. There are other priorities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Guilty: Justice in Sierra Leone at Last | 2/26/2009 | See Source »

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