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2 million Number of seeds, representing all of the world's known crop varieties, to be safeguarded in a "doomsday vault" on a remote Arctic island 75% Estimated proportion of crop species believed to have been lost since 1900

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 1/15/2006 | See Source »

Even for those accustomed to northern climates, an election in the dark of Canadian winter can try the soul. On Jan. 23 Canadians will vote for a new Parliament, and in this normally unflappable nation there's a restless and angry mood that bodes ill for the governing Liberal Party...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada's Political Ice Storm | 1/7/2006 | See Source »

I rolled out of bed at about 9:37 a.m., and, after grabbing a sweatshirt and trekking across the frostbitten Yard, I strolled into the Science Center about 12 minutes late. I faced the world—and my early morning Life Sciences 1a lecture—only reluctantly on...

Author: By James H. O'keefe | Title: The Price of Learning | 1/4/2006 | See Source »

Forty-eight seniors received a much-awaited letter last month informing them of their election to the Harvard chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the oldest undergraduate honors organization in the United States. James F. Coakley ’68—secretary of Harvard’s chapter, Alpha Iota...

Author: By Doris A. Hernandez, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 48 Seniors Elected to Phi Beta Kappa Society | 12/9/2005 | See Source »

Language typically used to describe Harvard concentrations—stressful, difficult, unpleasant—tend not to be associated with the experience of watching film. So for senior Film Studies concentrator Ian S. Polonsky ’06, student reactions to his academic pursuit often are: “You...

Author: By Lindsay A. Maizel, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: No Easy Riding for Film Studies Concentrators | 12/8/2005 | See Source »

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