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Select Tech Articles » ‘Unmistakable’ Evidence Shows World Getting Warmer, NOAA Says
Scientific evidence that the world is getting warmer is “unmistakable,” according to a report by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration drawing on research from 48 countries, including Russia and China. … [Link]
Select Tech Articles » Mouth-to-Mouth May Not Save More Lives During CPR, Studies Show
Hollywood heroics aside, mouth-to- mouth resuscitation does nothing to improve the outcome of CPR, two studies showed. It doesn’t provide any benefit over the chest-pumping procedure, U.S. and Swedish scientists said. … [Link]
Select Tech Articles » Do Economic Slumps Produce More Churchgoers?
Do hard times produce more fundamentalists? Do prosperous times produce more do-gooders? Will a lengthy economic slump pull people into the pews to pray for jobs and ladle soup for needier neighbors? Or will it keep people at home on the couch, nursing psychic wounds and cursing their creator? … [Link]
Select Tech Articles » Why Do Some Nations Have Lower IQ Scores?
Global differences in intelligence is a sensitive topic, long fraught with controversy and still tinged by the disgraceful taint of pseudosciences such as craniometry that strove to prove the white “race” as the most clever of them all. But recent data, perplexingly, has indeed shown cognitive ability to be higher in some countries than in others. … [Link]
Select Tech Articles » Success: Do you have what it takes?
SAN FRANCISCO (Mint.com) — If you were trying to find successful entrepreneurs — people who can innovate and commercialize radically new ideas — what would you look for? … [Link]
Select Tech Articles » The Rush to Hedge Against Black Swan Events
Wall Street is seeing a boom in funds that offer protection from market calamities known as "long-tail risks" … [Link]
Select Tech Articles » The Uncertainty Principle: Not Sure? Don't Spend
Doubts about new regulation and the fate of the economy have corporations playing it safe … [Link]
Select Tech Articles » Taleb on Investment and Speculation
Nassim Taleb, author of "The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable," discusses government debt, investment risks and financial regulation. … [Link]
Select Tech Articles » Hong Kong Government May Sell Peak Site for HK$10.5 Billion
Hong Kong’s government may sell a building site in the Peak district for HK$10.5 billion ($1.35 billion) in an auction tomorrow, underscoring demand for high- end properties in the city. … [Link]
Select Tech Articles » INQUIRER.net Breaking News » Glimmer of hope in China's 'brain drain' battle
BEIJING, China—Two years ago, molecular biologist Shi Yigong was a prize-winning Princeton University professor with annual research funding of more than $2 million and a seemingly limitless US academic career. [Link]
Select Tech Articles » Facebook hits 500 million users
Facebook's population is now larger than that of the U.S., Mexico and France combined. [Link]
Select Tech Articles » The United States of … China?
China's great outward march of investing into the United States is turning into a mad dash. Chinese investments into the U.S. rose 360% in the first half of this year compared to last year, according to Chinese government figures released Tuesday. [Link]
Select Tech Articles » 20% of Americans hit by major economic loss
A new study released Wednesday estimates that 20% of Americans suffered a significant economic loss last year - the highest level in the past 25 years. [Link]
Select Tech Articles » Why Andy Grove is right
Former Intel CEO Andy Grove compellingly argues that more manufacturing needs to be done in the U.S. [Link]
Select Tech Articles » Philippine Export Growth Quickens, Boosting Economy
Philippine exports rose at a faster pace in May as the global recovery spurred demand for electronics, sustaining the nation’s economic expansion and supporting President Benigno Aquino’s efforts to boost incomes. [Link]
Select Tech Articles » Buffett, Gates: The $600 billion challenge
Bill and Melinda Gates, and Warren Buffett want the nation's billionaires to pledge half their net worth to charity. They could change the face of philanthropy. [Link]
Select Tech Articles » Facebook hits 500 million users
Facebook's population is now larger than that of the U.S., Mexico and France combined. … [Link]
Select Tech Articles » The United States of … China?
China's great outward march of investing into the United States is turning into a mad dash. Chinese investments into the U.S. rose 360% in the first half of this year compared to last year, according to Chinese government figures released Tuesday. … [Link]
Select Tech Articles » 20% of Americans hit by major economic loss
A new study released Wednesday estimates that 20% of Americans suffered a significant economic loss last year - the highest level in the past 25 years. … [Link]
Select Tech Articles » INQUIRER.net Breaking News » Glimmer of hope in China's 'brain drain' battle
BEIJING, China—Two years ago, molecular biologist Shi Yigong was a prize-winning Princeton University professor with annual research funding of more than $2 million and a seemingly limitless US academic career. … [Link]
