The prestigious Nobel science awards are worth far more than the $1.5 million prize money: they can pad a company's coffers with $24 million and even add two years to a laureate's life, experts say.
Other
Oct 2, 2011
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Svetlana Tuflyakova is in a hurry as she pushes her small son in his pram, keen to get back inside her house and away from the permeating smoke of Siberian wildfires: "It feels like it fills your whole body," she says.
Environment
Aug 6, 2019
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(AP) -- Emails from Mark Zuckerberg's Harvard days show the dropout-turned-Facebook CEO as a young entrepreneur losing patience with a client's delayed payments.
Business
Mar 27, 2012
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As Brazil gets set to host the 2014 FIFA World Cup this month amid concerns about the amount of public money being used to stage the world's largest sporting event, Physics World's editorial team reveals in a new special ...
General Physics
Jun 2, 2014
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Climate negotiators said they made progress on laying out ways to help poor countries but deep differences remained on core issues ahead of a make-or-break talks in South Africa.
Environment
Oct 8, 2011
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Students everywhere, put down those highlighters and pick up some flashcards! Some of the most popular study strategies—such as highlighting and even rereading—don't show much promise for improving student learning, according ...
Social Sciences
Jan 10, 2013
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There is more to life satisfaction than money, and public policy programs aiming to tackle poverty need to move beyond simply raising people's income to also improving their quality of life in other areas. These findings1 ...
Social Sciences
Sep 7, 2009
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To sort or not to sort, that is the question. Lots of people wonder whether it's really worth their time and effort to separate, wash and store recyclable materials – especially if it takes more energy to recycle, or if ...
Environment
Jan 22, 2019
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The public has the wrong idea about what homeless people would do after coming into a large amount of money. A University of B.C. study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences unveils this stark ...
Social Sciences
Sep 7, 2023
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For many, a $200 traffic ticket can devastate their households' savings and finances.
Social Sciences
Dec 5, 2023
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