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...developed a new way to detect land mines using genetically modified THALE CRESS, a member of the mustard family. The plant turns a deep red when exposed to nitrogen dioxide, a gas released by mines. The grow-anywhere green, which scientists propose to sow from airplanes or handheld seed-shooters in heavily mined areas, could prove an inexpensive and safe solution for land mine detection?a boon to countries like Cambodia, which harbors an estimated four million mines...
...famous Buddhist story, a young woman wanders the streets of a town with her dead infant in her arms, asking everyone she meets to bring him back to life. Someone directs her to the Buddha, who listens patiently and then promises to help if she brings him a mustard seed from a household that has never witnessed a death. The young woman knocks on many doors. By the time she returns empty-handed to the Buddha, she has begun to grasp his lesson: all things in the world are impermanent, and to be ignorant of this fact...
...Harvard men’s tennis team began the first day of the four-day USTA/ITA National Indoor Tournament in Chicago with a 4-0 loss to the No. 5 University of Florida—the tournament’s third seed and the same team that ousted the Crimson in the first round of the same tournament a year...
Once a shoo-in for the NCAA tournament with an outside chance at a top seed, the Crimson must now close out the remainder of its slate nearly error-free in order to solidify its positioning for an at-large bid in the event that it falls short in the ECAC tournament and fails to capture the league’s autobid...
...Crimson (7-1, 5-1) finishes the dual-meet season second in the Ivy League and will have the No. 2 seed at the Howe Cup, where it will most likely face No. 3 Trinity and, if it gets past the formidable obstacle of the Bantams, set up a rematch the with Bulldogs...