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...From Vermont, where veal and dairy farmer Abe Collins is developing software designed to help farmers foster carbon-rich topsoil quickly, to Denmark, where Thomas Harttung's Aarstiderne farm grazes 150 head of cattle, a vanguard of small farmers are trying to get the word out about how much more eco-friendly they are than factory farming. "If you suspend a cow in the air with buckets of grain, then it's a bad guy," Harttung explains. "But if you put it where it belongs - on grass - that cow becomes not just carbon-neutral but carbon-negative." Collins goes even...
...Told Him ToThat moment lends Eli the aura of a divinity. Is he God, making a personal inspection of what humanity has done to his earth? Could be: Eli is the Semitic word for a supreme being. He says that after the big flash, a voice told him to take the Bible and go West, so he might be Brigham Young leading the Mormons to Utah, or any number of cult leaders who found acolytes in California. Eli could also be a jihadist, using a holy book as his moral cue to annihilate the infidels. He acknowledges that the Bible...
This course will help you understand the sexual brain, such as the scientific ideas behind the concept that gender and sexual orientation are rooted in brain differences. Come on. You know you’re interested. The word “sex” is in the title. | M., W. 1. Link...
...want. There is no equivalent to Oprah Winfrey - whose television show has been launching best-sellers in the U.S. for years - so boosting sales still requires a personal touch. Authors looking to increase their numbers are compelled to visit bookstores large and small to talk up their book. This word-of-mouth method among booksellers still reigns supreme in India. "They are the guys who are going to be hand-selling a good book to customers," says Padmanabhan. (See a TIME video on an Indian coffee house...
...Census Bureau is aware that times are changing - and not just when it comes to the word Negro. As part of the 2010 Census, the bureau will test 15 major changes to questions about race and Hispanic origin. For each, approximately 30,000 households will receive a slightly different questionnaire so that demographers and statisticians can use data - along with follow-up interviews - to decide if the modification helps or hurts the accuracy and consistency of information collected. "We hope this will help us better understand the way people identify with these concepts," says Nicholas Jones, chief of the Census...