Vegan burger upstart Beyond Meat, whose backers include Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio and Microsoft founder Bill Gates, has raised $241 million from its initial public offering, valuing the firm at about $1.5 billion as ...
Business
May 2, 2019
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An IIASA study published in the journal Nature Sustainability today, evaluated whether water for the environment could be prioritized under growing competition from other sectors. The results indicate that this could be achieved ...
Environment
May 14, 2019
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Wildlife habitats are vital to human survival and agricultural production. But these natural places—and the plants and animals that inhabit them—face increasing pressure from human activity, leading to the emergence of ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 23, 2020
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the human resource management (HRM) industry faster than we notice. Sixty-five percent of organizations are already using AI-enabled tools in the hiring process, but only a third ...
Social Sciences
Jan 24, 2024
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It can happen in the branch office or the boardroom. Volkswagen did it to pass emissions tests. Wells-Fargo did it to squeeze more profits from their customers. Some school districts have it done it to boost their standardized ...
Social Sciences
Nov 16, 2017
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Natural disasters have a way of bringing people together to rebuild. Now, researchers reporting in the journal Current Biology on April 8 have found that the same is true for rhesus macaques.
Plants & Animals
Apr 8, 2021
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If schmoozing for work leaves you with a certain "ick" factor, that's not just awkwardness you're feeling. Professional networking can create feelings of moral impurity and physical dirtiness, shows a new study.
Social Sciences
Sep 10, 2014
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The energy sector has been one of the strategic infrastructural areas for Mexico, not only as a revenue generator for the nation but as a lever of industrial development. However, Mexico has a deficit in generating technologies ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jan 5, 2015
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The Tar Sands in Alberta, potential development in the Ring of Fire in northern Ontario, declining timber harvest and farming - human activity is transforming Canada's landscape, yet many of the country's aquatic resources ...
Ecology
Jan 27, 2015
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Yannek Käber, a doctoral student in the Professorship of Forest Ecology at ETH Zurich, and his colleagues from ETH and WSL together with the European Forest Research Initiative (EuFoRIa), have taken a look at regeneration ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 14, 2023
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