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News release: “Despite growing water-scarcity risks in many parts of the world, the vast majority of leading companies in water-intensive industries have weak management and disclosure of water-related risks and opportunities, according to a first-ever report issued today by the Ceres investor coalition, the financial services firm UBS and financial data provider Bloomberg. The report …
News release: “Amazon.com today announced that the Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2011, and Economic Report of the President, will both be available beginning tomorrow as free wireless downloads in Amazon’s Kindle Store…”Our customers have always been heavy readers of books about current events and economic issues,” said Russ Grandinetti, Vice President, …
WSJ: “About a quarter of the 8.4 million jobs eliminated since the recession began won’t be coming back and will ultimately need to be replaced by other types of work in growing industries, according to economists in the latest Wall Street Journal forecasting survey. While the job market is constantly shifting as some sectors fade …
Follow up to previous postings on childhood and adolescent obesity, this new research study: “Obesity, glucose intolerance, and hypertension in childhood were strongly associated with increased rates of premature death from endogenous causes in this population [4857 American Indian children without diabetes]. In contrast, childhood hypercholesterolemia was not a major predictor of premature death from …
News release: “The American Psychiatric Association today released the proposed draft diagnostic criteria for the fifth edition of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). The draft criteria represent content changes under consideration for DSM, which is the standard classification of mental disorders used by mental health and other health professionals, and is used …
The 2009 Global “Go-To Think Tanks”, The Leading Public Policy Research Organizations In The World, Revised, January 31, 2010, James G. McGann, Ph.D. [Stuart Basefsky] “The 2009 Global Go To Think Tank Rankings marks the fourth year edition of what has now become an annual report. The Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program at the …
“On behalf of the National Science and Technology Council, the U.S. Global Change Research Program is pleased to transmit to the President and the Congress this state of knowledge report: Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States. This report summarizes the science of climate change and the impacts of climate change on the United …
Well, this is what is up, here in the DC burbs, where we are hunkered down, anticipating another 10 inches of snow on top of the 30 we already have: AP – “Some spots, including parts of Maryland, had nearly 3 feet of snow from the earlier storm. One scientist said if all that fell …
Official Google Blog: “Google Buzz is a new way to start conversations about the things you find interesting. It’s built right into Gmail, so you don’t have to peck out an entirely new set of friends from scratch it just works. If you think about it, there’s always been a big social network underlying …
Social Transmission and Viral Culture, by Jonah Berger, assistant professor of Marketing and Katherine L. Milkman, assistant professor of Operations and Information Management at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. “People often share news, opinions, and information, and social transmission shapes both individual behavior and collective outcomes. But why are certain things more viral than …
“Science Fair season is rapidly approaching, and Cool Science can help! A good science fair project begins with an understanding of the scientific method and ends with sure-fire ways to communicate science research. At Cool Science, you can find a resource developed by the University of Washington to teach the scientific method to elementary and …
“The Conservation Almanac covers land area conservation activity across the United States. The project grew out of the many requests The Trust for Public Land has received for data to understand the “context” for land conservation and the growing conservation finance movement. {It] is a work in progress with data updated monthly. All states contain …
