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Workers Willing to Make Less to Work for Sustainable Companies
By the Editor on January 7, 2013A company’s sustainability efforts are becoming so desirable for employees that some are now willing to give up part...
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A Suggestion to Help Phase Out All-Male Panels at Tech Conferences
By the Editor on January 4, 2013Dear Men, Have you noticed that a lot of the time it just seems like, gosh, there are a...
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New Frontier for Topics in Science: Social Media
By the Editor on January 3, 2013In surprising numbers, people posted, viewed and searched for science-related topics last year — sharing news from space and...
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Climate Science Makes an Eleventh-Hour Comeback
By the Editor on December 31, 2012This was the year climate change vanished from the political agenda – and then suddenly reappeared, after Hurricane Sandy...
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Tablet as Teacher: Poor Ethiopian Kids Learn ABCs
By the Editor on December 28, 2012Using 20 tablet computers dropped off in their Ethiopian village in February by a group called One Laptop Per...
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Commerce Claus: The Behavioral Economics of Christmas
By the Editor on December 24, 2012Some economists dislike Christmas. They allege that it “destroys value,” which is, in Econoland, the first and only sin....
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May Winter Solstice Mark a Shift in Consciousness, a Change in Worldview
By the Editor on December 21, 2012Winter solstice is the longest night and shortest day of the year. A time of ending and new beginnings...
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Fund Aims to Improve Governance Through New Technology
By the Editor on December 21, 2012A $45 million pot to fund innovative projects that aim to increase government transparency and accountability using web and...
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Human Wellbeing Can Strengthen Case for Conservation
By the Editor on December 19, 2012The growing evidence linking green spaces to human wellbeing could help strengthen the case for conservation, a conference has...
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We Know How to Promote Physics for Development
By the Editor on December 17, 2012A successful model for making more out of physics for development is ready to roll out to others, writes...