Swiss voters reject $25 minimum wage
Swiss voters have defeated a proposal to introduce the highest minimum wage in the world.
The country's election authority said a preliminary tally showed 76%...
Virtual Studio takes the next Level
Autodesk as ever has taken the opportunity of SIGGRAPH to highlight the next generation of its storytelling and collaboration tools. “The continued growth of AR...
Victoria’s Secret Reveals the 2016 What is Sexy List
Style, attitude and confidence describe the women who grace Victoria’s Secret’s 2016 What Is Sexy ? List.
As the authority on what is sexy now,...
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The Hottest Cars In Paris: Auto Show Preview
This week in Paris the world's luxury automakers will show off their best new work.
The Mondial de l'Automobile 2014 (Paris Auto Show) opens to...
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Where did the missing oil go? New study says some is...
Some 6 million to 10 million gallons of oil from the BP oil spill are buried in the sediment on the Gulf floor, about...
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Hewlett-Packard job cuts aid stock amid turnaround push
Chief Executive Officer Meg Whitman, still struggling to turn around Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ), is opting for more job cuts, a move that boosted shares...
Clean energy from paper waste
Clean energy from paper waste, Office buildings are notorious for wasting paper, but not so with the heritage-listed Legion House. Australian architectural practice Francis-Jones...
Salvaging the ecosystem after salvage logging
After a forest fire, logging companies often follow to do what is called salvage logging--salvaging the timber that has not been completely destroyed by...
Thailand’s renewable energy surge
Thailand’s electricity generation has so far kept pace with rising demand, up 44% in the last decade. Some 70% of it is from imported...
Boccaccio, Decameron, solved the enigma of the last tale: Patrizia de Santis reveals how...
The culturally subversive content of Boccaccio’s Decameron continues to unnerve and divide scholars. What would inspire, in the middle of the 13th century, a...
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Australia’s pollution U-turn threatening UN climate talks
Australia’s program to rein in pollution is losing momentum, the latest in a series of setbacks for the international effort to tackle global warming.
With...
