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I just came back from an 11 mile run. The wind wasn’t awful like it usually is, the sun was out, and I was at peace with the world, and right now, I still am

By Gus Trompiz PARIS (Reuters) - The world's water supply is being strained by climate change and the growing food, energy and sanitary needs of a fast-growing population, according to a United Nations study that calls for a radical rethink of policies to manage competing claims. "Freshwater is not being used sustainably," UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova said in a statement. [More]

By Nina Chestney LONDON (Reuters) - The complete melt of the Greenland ice sheet could occur at lower global temperatures than previously thought, a study in the journal Nature Climate Change showed on Sunday, increasing the threat and severity of a rise in sea level. Substantial melting of land ice could contribute to long-term sea level rise of several meters, potentially threatening the lives of millions of people.

A year ago today, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake rocked Northern Japan. In the wake of this earthquake, a massive tsunami would flatten the Northern Tohoku region , killing nearly 20,000 people and knocking out power to the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant

By Scott DiSavino (Reuters) - Regulators on Friday told the owners of the nation's nuclear reactors to implement new safety rules based on the lessons learned from the earthquake and tsunami that crippled Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant a year ago. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said it authorized its staff to issue three immediately effective orders implementing some of the more urgent recommendations. The NRC gave the plants until December 31, 2016, to complete modifications and requirements for the three orders.

Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have put out a new video to address false claims about the "Mayan apocalypse," a non-event that some people believe will bring the world to an end on Dec. 21.

Once your start-up grows to more than 10 people, it's hard to maintain a sense of organizational focus. Here's how we did it at IndieGoGo.

%excerpt% Here is the original post: Making Connections at SXSW: Startup America and Endeavor

According to CruiseCompete.com's annual report, nine of the 10 most popular cruise ports in the world are in the Caribbean (or close enough to count).

What Einstein's E = mc 2 is to relativity theory, Heisenberg's uncertainty principle is to quantum mechanics--not just a profound insight, but also an iconic formula that even non-physicists recognize. The principle holds that we cannot know the present state of the world in full detail, let alone predict the future with absolute precision

Greenlight Music , a new effort from Corbis, is designed to make accessing professional music content easy. Its web page explains it pretty exactly: "Get the right to use the world's most popular music in your commercial project

Words of wisdom from Norm Brodsky, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, Alexander Osterwalder, and the founder of Warby Parker. After an inspiring day at Inc.'s GrowCo conference , I headed to the historic French Quarter of New Orleans, where Arnaud's hosted a tweetup.

Younger & older workers have different rules & expectations. Here's what Gen Y should learn from more senior colleagues

There are methods and techniques used by the highest-paid and most successful people in our society to get paid more money for what they do and get promoted faster to higher levels of authority and responsibility.

It's not so mysterious, after all. And neither is your coffee or Coke habit.