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...film’s sensitive curiosity about this divide is reflected in the complex dualities depicted on screen. The yellow earth is the farmers’ sole mode of sustenance, yet simultaneously it is an oppressive, arid land that binds them to scarcity and poverty. Likewise, the Yellow River symbolizes life and nourishment, but it also eliminates life—when Cuiqiao tries to escape her village by swimming across the river, her singing abruptly ends...
...April 24 arts article "China's 'Yellow Earth' to screen at Brattle" incorrectly stated both the location of the screening and the provenance of the film to be shown. The screening of "Yellow Earth" is set to take place at the Harvard Film Archive, not the Brattle Theatre, on Monday, April 27 at 7 p.m. In addition, the film to be screened did, in fact, come from China, not Europe, as the article states...
Scientists at Harvard’s Center for Astrophysics are celebrating the discovery of the smallest known exoplanet—a planet orbiting a star other than the Sun—announced Tuesday by European astronomers. The new planet, Gliese 581 e, is 1.9 times the size of Earth and 80 times smaller than the first exoplanet, which was discovered in 1995. The solar system where the planet was found is 20.5 light years away and can be found in the constellation Libra. Members of the CFA, which has played a major role in the search for exoplanets, heralded...
According to Pearson, an associate professor of earth and planetary sciences, the team based the research on samples collected from Antarctica’s McMurdo Dry Valleys. This region is considered to be one of the world’s most extreme deserts and contains an iron-rich subglacial outflow, Blood Falls, which trickles from the Taylor Glacier...
Harvard’s Recycling and Waste Manager won an annual Environmental Merit Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s New England divison today at its Earth Day celebrations in Boston. At the event, presenters highlighted Robert M. Gogan, Jr.’s commitment to recycling at Harvard, a cause he has championed for over a decade and a half. The program specifically cited Gogan’s efforts to distribute reusable office supplies and furniture to non-profit organizations such as Habitat for Humanity. It also mentioned Harvard’s annual Valentine?...