One of the most spectacular facts of the last two centuries of economic history is the exponential growth in GDP per capita in most of the world. Figure 1 shows the rise (and the difference) in living standards for five countries ...
Economics & Business
May 31, 2019
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Street food vendors are ubiquitous in low- and middle-income countries. They offer up quick, cheap and diverse food and drink, while also serving as sources of employment and socialization. Yet because the stalls block sidewalks ...
Economics & Business
May 13, 2019
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Homo sapiens means wise human, but the name no longer suits us. As an evolutionary biologist who writes about Darwinian interpretations of human motivations and cultures, I propose that at some point we became what we are ...
Evolution
May 2, 2019
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Extreme weather events, such as Cyclone Idai that has recently devastated Beira, Mozambique, and Hurricane Harvey that hit Houston, USA, in 2017are the types of climate extremes that cities increasingly have to prepare for.
Environment
Apr 3, 2019
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A scholar from Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) has developed a new series of games that can be used to train and test children's reading, writing and word identification skills at an early age.
Education
Mar 27, 2019
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Terrestrial water storage (TWS) includes all phases of water over land (e.g., surface and groundwater, snow, etc.) and comprises an important freshwater resource. It is a critical component of the terrestrial water cycle, ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 22, 2019
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For more than six decades, the Federal Aviation Administration has relied on employees of airplane manufacturers to do government-required safety inspections as planes are being designed or assembled.
Business
Mar 15, 2019
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On March 15 2019 thousands of students across Australia will skip school and join the global strike for climate action. This is the second time students have taken to the streets to demand more government action on climate ...
Education
Mar 14, 2019
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Employees bullied by their bosses are more likely to report unfairness and work stress, and consequently become less committed to their jobs or even retaliate, according to a Portland State University study.
Economics & Business
Mar 7, 2019
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Within a week of the Salzburg Global Seminar's Statement for a Multilingual World launching in February 2018, the document – which calls for policies and practices that support multilingualism – had received 1.5m social ...
Social Sciences
Feb 21, 2019
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