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Sustainability: Will We Recognize It When We See It?

(PhysOrg.com) -- Most people today embrace sustainability as a good thing, and it may be the greatest technological challenge our society has ever faced.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 01, 2010 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (6) | comments 5




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Europe still has a rich reservoir of unknown species

You could be forgiven for thinking that all of Europe's plants and animals were discovered, documented and named a long time ago. But it turns out that nothing could be further from the truth.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Top 10 new species list draws attention to diverse biosphere

The International Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State University and a committee of scientists from around the world announced their picks for the top 10 new species described in 2011. This ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Revolving door: Yahoo ushers out another CEO (Update 4)

(AP) -- Yahoo still has credibility issues, even after casting aside CEO Scott Thompson because his official biography included a college degree that he never received.

Technology / Business

created May 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Yahoo director on hot seat to leave board (Update 2)

(AP) -- The flap over a bogus college degree on Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson's official biography has claimed its first casualty - the director who led the committee that hired him four months ago.

Technology / Business

created May 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Social responsibility of businesses questioned

When the Icelandic banking system was privatised in 2003, it inaugurated a period of furious expansion of both loans and risky investments. The bubble burst in 2008. At that time, the nominal assets of the three largest banks ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Feb 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Murdoch launches 'Sun on Sunday'

Rupert Murdoch said Friday he will launch a Sunday version of his top-selling British tabloid The Sun, vowing to stand by demoralised staff despite the arrest of senior reporters over bribery claims.

Technology / Business

created Feb 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Financial meltdowns drive interest in business ethics, professor says

(PhysOrg.com) -- Thirty years ago the term “business ethics” drew laughter as a classic oxymoron, says Richard T. De George, distinguished professor of philosophy and co-director of the International Center for ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Lackluster results show challenge for HP's Whitman

Hewlett-Packard Co.'s first earnings report with Meg Whitman as CEO highlights the troubles she faces in setting a new course for the besieged company.

Technology / Business

created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The end of an era?

At Binghamton University’s Fernand Braudel Center for the Study of Economies, Historical Systems, and Civilizations, scholars view the world through a unique lens.

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 04, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

19th century 'Protestant work ethic' at heart of Europe's North/South debt crisis split

Research from the University of Warwick suggests the 19th Century 'protestant work ethic' could have given the economies of northern Europe a head start on their southern neighbours, and is still shaping popular northern ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 6


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