Is everyone equally affected by environmental pollution? This is the essence of 'environmental justice,' a concept that originated in the United States during the 1970s. It revolves around the idea of ensuring fairness and ...
Environment
Mar 25, 2024
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California is no stranger to wildfires—and some regions are more at risk than others.
Environment
Mar 14, 2024
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Nonprofit organizations (NPOs) have distinct identities: Some are more motivated by mission, others by money. Now, new research from Rutgers University–New Brunswick finds these preferences can affect an NPO's identity, ...
Social Sciences
Mar 7, 2024
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The Ontario Ministry of Education's special education policy and resource guide provides instructions to school boards and schools on administering special education programs.
Social Sciences
Mar 4, 2024
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While many of us can name a handful of CEOs, identifying directors serving on the boards of those same organizations is probably more challenging. The work of directors, whether they hold volunteer or compensated positions, ...
Economics & Business
Feb 28, 2024
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Around the world, someone dies from rabies every nine minutes of every day. Uganda records more than 130 rabies deaths annually, but the number of unreported rabies fatalities there is presumably much higher. Dog bites are ...
Veterinary medicine
Feb 20, 2024
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Companies that appoint directors with a track record of questionable professional conduct cause an increase in reckless corporate risk-taking and could see up to 64 percent of a firm's value knocked off, a new study has found.
Economics & Business
Feb 15, 2024
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Long-serving non-executive directors (NEDs) who can't wean themselves off the social status attached to belonging to the corporate board are failing shareholders and damaging the companies they are meant to serve, new research ...
Economics & Business
Feb 13, 2024
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If the Alaska Airlines plane that lost a portion of its fuselage while ascending after takeoff Friday had been flying at normal cruising altitude, its passengers and crew would probably have died from the depressurization ...
General Physics
Jan 10, 2024
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A private US lunar lander mission is doomed to fail, and NASA pushes back plans to return astronauts to the moon.
Space Exploration
Jan 10, 2024
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