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...European Union may have reached a tipping point in its awkward relationship with GMOs. This week, it quietly gave the green light to farmers to grow fields of genetically modified potatoes. It marks the first time that Brussels has approved any GMO cultivation since a moratorium 12 years ago. (See pictures of what the world eats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Europe Finally Ready for Genetically Modified Foods? | 3/9/2010 | See Source »

WILLIAM HAGUE, British shadow foreign secretary, calling for an increased naval presence in the region in light of a current dispute with the South American country over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 3/8/2010 | See Source »

...light of the current political situation, reconciliation is a legitimate and necessary move to finally assure the passage of a comprehensive health-care reform bill...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: A Finale for Health Care? | 3/8/2010 | See Source »

Harvard had its chances in the third, putting seven shots on net, but with the clock winding down and overtime looming, Clarkson found a way to light the lamp...

Author: By Kate Leist, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Late-Game Goal Stops Harvard’s ECAC Tourney Run | 3/8/2010 | See Source »

...Although the aura of Zheng's expeditions may somehow bolster China's budding soft power, it's unclear what lasting impact the visiting fleets had on medieval Africa. No durable trade ties were left in place. And while stories linger in Kenya's Lamu archipelago of a light-skinned community descended from shipwrecked Chinese sailors, the population there retains no trace of Chinese customs or language. "Not much endured beyond the legend," says Sautman. Indeed, scholars like Wade suggest the voyages themselves were something of an "aberration" in the wider context of Chinese foreign policy in that era, which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Searching for Zheng: China's Ming-Era Voyager | 3/8/2010 | See Source »

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