Climate economics Nobel may do more harm than good
There are many reasons humanity has failed to rein in climate change despite decades of dire warnings.
Environment
Jul 6, 2020
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News tagged with actions
Diversity in the workplace must be matched with an atmosphere of genuine inclusion
The idea that greater diversity in the workplace is good for business seems to be gaining ground. In a recent major step in December 2021, BT announced plans for 25% of its workforce to be from "non-white backgrounds" by ...
Social Sciences
Dec 23, 2021
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Tour operators fume over Great Barrier Reef dumping plan
Furious tourism operators on the Great Barrier Reef on Saturday threatened legal action after approval was given to dump of up to three million cubic metres of dredge waste in park waters.
Environment
Feb 1, 2014
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Physicists show ion pairs perform enhanced 'spooky action'
Adding to strong recent demonstrations that particles of light perform what Einstein called "spooky action at a distance," in which two separated objects can have a connection that exceeds everyday experience, physicists ...
Quantum Physics
Mar 28, 2017
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Study finds Black Lives Matter movement had significant impact on Black entrepreneurs' crowdfunding efforts
New research conducted by the University of Houston Conrad N. Hilton College of Global Hospitality Leadership suggests the Black Lives Matter movement had a significant, positive impact on the fundraising efforts of Black ...
Social Sciences
Apr 6, 2023
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Halting climate change means a world without fossil fuels—not merely curbing emissions
A new study by two University of Toronto researchers is proposing a different way to think about tackling climate change—one that shifts focus away from emissions reductions in favor of eliminating fossil fuel energy altogether.
Environment
Dec 16, 2019
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Industry guidance touts untested tech as climate fix
Draft guidelines for how industry fights climate change promote the widespread use of untested technologies that experts fear could undermine efforts to slash planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions, AFP can reveal.
Environment
Aug 23, 2019
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Sonic booms in nerves and lipid membranes
(Phys.org)—Neurons might not be able to send signals as fast as electrons in wires or photons in fiber, but what if they can communicate using miniature sonic booms? That would be quite a revolutionary discovery. A group ...
Pedestrians at crosswalks found to follow the Levy walk process
A team of researchers at the University of Tokyo has found that large numbers of pedestrians meeting in crosswalks tend to follow the Lévy walk process. In their paper published in Journal of the Royal Society Interface, ...
New math approach provides insight into memory formation
The simple activity of walking through a room jumpstarts the neurons in the human brain. An explosion of electrochemical events or "neuronal spikes" appears at various times during the action. These spikes in activity, otherwise ...
Mathematics
Dec 5, 2023
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