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Though malaria is both preventable and curable, many of those in the developing world struggle to get affordable treatment, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, where the mosquito-borne disease is most prevalent. Blame for that lack of access has been laid largely at the feet of Big Pharma, long vilified for pricing medicine beyond the poor's reach and ignoring diseases that are endemic in poverty-stricken areas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Better Deal on Malaria | 2/26/2009 | See Source »

This feeling of having the upper hand was not with the Crimson at the beginning of the season. Just over a month ago, with the regular season drawing towards its end, Harvard had a sub-.500 record, and the vision of winning the ECAC tournament seemed well out of reach...

Author: By Katie Kuzma, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Crimson Opens ECAC’s Against Big Red | 2/26/2009 | See Source »

This is how a submarine-launched ballistic missile works: once airborne, the 60-ton missile travels out of the earth's atmosphere into sub-orbit, where it moves toward its target at a shade under 4 miles (6 km) a second. Approaching its destination, the tip of the missile splits into multiple, independently targeted warheads, each loaded with bombs up to 24 times more powerful than the Hiroshima blast, which re-enter the atmosphere in a spectacle that from the ground would resemble a meteor shower, before it resembled a thousand roaring suns...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nuclear Risk: How Long Will Our Luck Hold? | 2/20/2009 | See Source »

...entered, however, is markedly different from where it has been before. The concept of the American Dream is not only in the midst of a reevaluation, the morality of aspects of that Dream is in question. If, in coming years, the old unbridled pursuit of happiness (corporate greed, sub-prime mortgages) comes to be synonymous with a decaying economy and an injured American spirit, might this threaten the boundless optimism to which Pepsi has tied itself? Will the benefits of identifying the Pepsi brand so closely with Obama’s clarion call for a new era of hope carry...

Author: By Ruben L. Davis, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Pepsi Calls for Responsibility | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

...latest state survey on education policy. According to the report, Massachusetts received an overall grade of D, which was below the national average of D+. South Carolina received the highest overall score, with a B-. The council evaluated each state in terms of 15 goals, broken up into three sub-areas. Massachusetts state policy received a D- for identifying effective teachers, a D+ for retaining effective teachers, and a D+ for dismissing ineffective teachers. According to the report, Massachusetts “completely missed seven goals, met a small portion of four, partially met one, and nearly...

Author: By Sofia E. Groopman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Mass. Education Receives Low Marks for Policy | 2/11/2009 | See Source »

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