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The custom of grooms arriving on horseback dates to the 12th century, when Prithviraj Chauhan, a Rajput ruler of north India, eloped on horseback with his lover Sanyogita, daughter of a rival ruler. It has since become a time-honored tradition for north Indian grooms to whisk away their brides...
While there are already international carbon trading schemes that help rich countries pay for reductions in carbon emissions from power or industry in poorer nations, no such mechanism exists for avoided deforestation. That nations are not compensated for protecting their forests has been a huge gap in anti-climate change...
If Neha Chauhan ’08 had a million dollars, she wouldn’t buy a K-car, elephant bones, or anything else from the Barenaked Ladies song. Chauhan would donate it to the FINCA, a microfinance institution that provides loans to impoverished entrepreneurs—and she...
1 The hadrosaur's vertebrae are spaced 10 mm apart, making the animal longer than thought. 2 The hind legs are 25% larger than once believed. 3 Its overall bigger size means it probably could run faster too, up to 28 m.p.h.--about the speed of an African elephant.
The elephant in the room, however, may be Gorbachev’s stance toward the increasing authoritarianism of Russian President Vladimir Putin.