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What strategies can you learn about running your business from Switzerland? One of the most fascinating elements of Switzerland's success is its determination to remain neutral under unimaginable pressure to pick sides. The country has not declared a state of war since 1847 (it never entered the World Wars or the Iraq war) and opted out of joining the European Union.
Read More »Mark Zuckerberg, Nonplussed By Google, Sets Facebook’s New Course
With 750 million members, the social network will no longer base success on user numbers but on the cool stuff they make using Facebook. This week Google launched its first step in revolutionizing the social network as you know it
Read More »It Will Cost $1.9 Trillion Annually To Create A New Industrial Revolution
To avoid planetary disaster, the global community is going to have to overhaul nearly all of its operations.
Read More »Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia Go To College
As governments and universities around the world take a more active interest in Wikipedia's accuracy and reach, Wales talks about his site's new status. "I'm not sure if we are becoming a default 'official' source of information" he tells us, "but we are certainly the first port of call for hundreds of millions of people already." Wikipedia has evolved from the hobby of amateur enthusiasts to a fully-financed priority of academics and government agencies looking to improve what is quickly becoming the world’s first source of information. Just last month, the United States National Archives announced a "Wikipedian In Residence," a full-time liaison to the Wikipedia community.
Read More »Scottish Open prepares world’s best for 3rd major
INVERNESS, Scotland (AP) -A host of the world's leading players will flock to the Scottish Open this week to test their links game on the recently opened Castle Stuart course in preparation for the British Open.
Read More »Not Just For Sushi: Seaweed May Power The Next Generation Of Biofuels
Biofuels are taking off, but if they keep being made from corn, the world will go hungry. The oceans, full of fast-growing kelp, are the next frontier of plant-based fuel.
Read More »Inc. 5000 Applicant of the Week: World Centric
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Read More »Lindau Nobel Meeting–The future of global health
What can be done about global health? It's the question on everyone's minds following Peter Agre's moving talk on malaria 'without borders' earlier in the week and Christian De Duve handing the baton of all the world's challenges to the young researchers in
Read More »A New Way To Aid The Poor: Ask Them To Pay
A new campaign to install toilets in the developing world rests not on aid, but on using marketing to convince villagers that bad sanitation is a problem they need to work together to fix.
Read More »Recommended: The Book of Fungi: A Life-Size Guide to Six Hundred Species from Around the World
The Book of Fungi: A Life-Size Guide to Six Hundred Species from Around the World by Peter Roberts and Shelley Evans. University of Chicago Press, 2011 [More]
Read More »Vertical cavity quantum switch could lead us away from electronics-based computing
(PhysOrg.com) -- Right now, many researchers around the world are working on ways to move away from electronics-dominated computing systems. There are a number of ideas about how this can be accomplished
Read More »Despite Fires and Floods, The U.S.’s Big Nuclear Power Plans Continue
U.S. nukes are safe! As they can be...
Read More »Ooze-Down Economics: Will Opening Global Oil Reserves Stimulate the World Economy?
As Libya's civil war continues to disrupt its contribution to the world's oil supply, the Paris-based International Energy Agency (IEA) has taken action. The IEA, which counts the U.S
Read More »Baseball cheaters can’t hide from the laws of physics
Some baseball superstitions are accepted as cold, hard truth. But in the world of physics, the most accepted verities are subject to experimentation.
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