How cryptocurrencies can replace other pay options
Cryptocurrencies live in a volatile, roller-coaster world, which Facebook is seeking to change with its new Libra digital money.
Business
Jun 18, 2019
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Another day at the office: Sherpa completes record 23rd Everest climb
For the hardy few, climbing Everest is a bucket-list feat of endurance, danger and wonder. But Kami Rita Sherpa's 23rd record summit of the world's highest peak on Wednesday was just another day at work.
Environment
May 15, 2019
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Do not waste nature's 'capital': David Attenborough
Overconsumption of the world's natural resources is unsustainably cutting into its ecological "capital," revered British naturalist David Attenborough warned Thursday.
Environment
Apr 11, 2019
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Common frame for analyzing complex systems in physics and economics
Scientists often need to make sense of complex systems without knowing the important parameters or even without access to all the information. A collaboration of network theorists has reported a common frame for addressing ...
General Physics
Jan 10, 2019
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Mobilising the social sciences to rethink finance
Ten years have passed since the collapse of Lehman Brothers: this unprecedented event remains today a topic of the greatest concern. Indeed, regulation theory teaches us that the major financial crises – those of 1929 and ...
Social Sciences
Nov 26, 2018
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The battle for the future of farming: What you need to know
It is widely agreed that today's global agriculture system is a social and environmental failure. Business as usual is no longer an option: biodiversity loss and nitrogen pollution are exceeding planetary limits, and catastrophic ...
Environment
Nov 21, 2018
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World War III is being waged in cyberspace
My introduction to advanced communication technology (i.e. the Internet and World Wide Web) came in 1999.
Security
Oct 5, 2017
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'Sustainable fish' label comes under fire
The world's biggest scheme to certify that seafish come from sustainable sources has come under fire in a scientific journal, where researchers say the label is too generous and may "mislead" consumers.
Ecology
Apr 12, 2013
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Brazil inventor struggles to collect royalties
Fifteen years after he patented caller ID technology, Brazilian inventor Nelio Jose Nicolai is no millionaire.
Business
Mar 3, 2013
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MasterCard launches new digital payment system
Credit card giant MasterCard announced Monday the launch of a new digital payment system that lets people use a wide variety of devices including smartphones to spend their money.
Telecom
Feb 25, 2013
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