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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 to try to grow new crops. The seed diversity preserved in these banks can mean the difference between feast and famine. But the banks that contain our most diverse and important collections of seeds tend to be located in developing countries, where budgets are tight and conditions are less than...
Check out the headlines from USA Today, U.S. News and World Report, Reuters, CNN, The Boston Herald, The Boston Globe, and yes, even The Gray Lady was shocked by the breaking news...
...threatens to shove your car into the waves below. But wind itself is only part of the reason. In Lem, workers in factories the size of aircraft hangars build the wind turbines sold by Vestas, the Danish company that has emerged as the industry's top manufacturer around the globe. The work is both gross and fine; employees weld together massive curved sheets of steel to make central shafts as tall as a 14-story building, and assemble engine housings that hold some 18,000 separate parts. Most impressive are the turbine's blades, which scoop the wind with each...
Obie and his team have uncovered seven new Ponzi schemes this year alone, the most recent being this week's $4.4 million affinity Ponzi hitting Hawaii's deaf community and, though not officially called a Ponzi, the SEC's alleged $8 billion CD fraud by R. Allen Stanford, the globe-trotting financier and cricket impresario...
...Tips. American Airlines' "Share a Trip, Win a Trip" contest gives you a chance at 275,000 AAdvantage miles, which the airline says is enough for two first-class tickets almost anywhere it flies. Enter online by writing about your favorite thing to do or see anywhere around the globe - the deadline is March 15 - then wait to hear whether you've won. (Ten second-place winners will get 1,000 frequent flyer miles each.) Prizes will be announced April...