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The year was 2002, and extreme hunger in Africa threatened over 15 million people.The United States allowed the affected African countries to import food aid to help needy people. This gesture of kindness was met with hesitation and denial because the food imports contained genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Levy Mwanawasa, the then-president of Zambia, stated that GMOs were poison and would not be acceptable to his people. That year, The Economist published an article titled Better Dead than GM-fed that laid bare African sentiments towards GMOs. His comments lacked scientific meri...

“Minu keel. Räägin, kuidas tahan!” – Pjotr Stolõpin “Iga vanem taotleb last vermida enda sarnaseks. Või vähemasti «teiste» sarnaseks. Suurimaks hädaks on kui tollest saab «omamoodi», «iseenda moodi», sest «teisitimõtlemine on solvav,» nagu täheldas kunagi Juri Lotman,” kirjutab Rainis Toomemaa, tõlkija ja mikrobioloog.   Keele ja meele osas tuleb kurvastusega tõdeda, et Nõukogude vaim pole Eestist […]

A Requiem The news that Oakland’s Mills College will soon close after 170 years of providing a distinctive educational experience for women came as shocking, yet not altogether surprising, news. Founded in 1852 as the Young Ladies’ Seminary in Benicia, Susan and Cyrus Mills, “Champions for equal education for women,” bought the seminary in 1865, renamed it Mills College, and moved the campus to Oakland six years later. In 1990, Mills attracted national attention when another financial crisis led to a board of trustee’s decision to admit men, which ignited fierce oppos...