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But just a few kilometers away, in the village of Tandikat, at the foot of a dormant volcano, an eerie silence prevailed. Four local communities were essentially wiped out when the tremor triggered landslides, covering a 20 hectare (500 acre) swathe with up to 10 m (30 feet) of earth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Indonesia's Earthquake: A Visit to Vanished Villages | 10/2/2009 | See Source »

Over the last few years, Harvard has taken numerous bold steps to create a more environmentally friendly campus, and the recent move to convert all of its grounds to organic grass is another impressive initiative. What started as a one-acre pilot project is now slated to be a full...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Greener Grass at Harvard | 9/29/2009 | See Source »

In 1953, however, Borlaug found a wheat strain with a unique genetic trait: the stalk became stubby, but the seed heads would stay large. When Borlaug transferred the gene into tropical wheat, he created a plant that could yield huge heads of grain while maintaining stable growth rates. Using Borlaug...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Norman Borlaug | 9/28/2009 | See Source »

Around the country, people are getting creative with that sort of space. Members of Seattle's Beta Society not only sleep in their 10,000-sq.-ft. find but also shoot movies there. (They keep a green screen in the garage.) Near San Diego, the nonprofit TERI Inc. has bought...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reinventing the McMansion | 9/28/2009 | See Source »

Because of these hurdles, Harvard refrained from including the 91-acre-parcel—referred to as Allston Landing South—in its 2007 draft Institutional Master Plan, which outlines the University’s development goals for the next 50 years. Portions of the smaller 47-acre-parcel?...

Author: By Michelle L. Quach and Peter F. Zhu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: State To Take Over Allston Railyards | 9/25/2009 | See Source »

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