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World poverty rate is shrinking rapidly: Study

March 19, 2013

The brighter global picture is the result of international and national aid and development projects.

According to a new groundbreaking academic study, some of the poorest people in the world are becoming significantly less poor. The study has taken a new approach to measuring deprivation. Oxford University’s poverty and human development initiative report predicts that countries among the most impoverished in the world could see acute poverty eradicated within 20 years if they continue at present rates.

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Analysis, Business, facebook, Latest Trend, Science & Technology News

Job-seekers with a strong online social network are 5 times as likely to find a job

March 18, 2013

Users with strong social networking ties found new jobs at a rate of 33.2 percent.

It appears that being active on Facebook can get you that new job. According to a new study by Facebook data scientists, job-seekers with a strong, deep, and rich social network online are five times as likely to land that new job.

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Analysis, Business, Latest Trend, Science & Technology News

How Millennials shop and spend in America

March 18, 2013

16 to 34 year olds are more likely to wield a smartphone or other mobile device as a shopping companion.

We all know that young people like to shop. All before the responsibilities of having a family set in, in the relatively care-free years of high school and college, young people tend to throw their pennies into blouses, jeans and other must-have accessories. (Infographic)

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Analysis, Business, government, Science & Technology News

Understanding the changes to the America Invents Act

March 18, 2013

On September 16, 2011, President Obama signed the America Invents Act.

On March 16, 2013, the third and final wave of provisions of the America Invents Act (AIA) became effective. This completes the overhaul of the U.S. patent law that began with the enactment of the AIA on September 16, 2011. The United States will move to a first-to-file system with these provisions. It will greatly expand the definition of prior art and usher in the use of post grant review.

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Analysis, People Making a Difference

Seven thought-provoking questions you will ask at the end of your life

March 18, 2013

A while ago, Marc Chernoff shared the wisdom his grandmother had left behind for him after she passed away. The twelve pieces of wisdom were in her old leather-bound journal and it was named “Inspiration Journal.” On her last entry she had written seven questions. She never wrote the answers to these questions but they are very thought provoking questions. Here Marc shares his thoughts on the questions and he hopes that what he shares will inspire everyone who reads this and that you will be able to answer each question one day with a sense of peace and fulfillment.

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Analysis, Brain, New Discoveries, Science & Technology News

Scientists can tell who we are thinking about by scanning the brain

March 15, 2013

Scientists have used brain scans to decode imagery directly from the brain.

Brain researchers can tell whom a person is thinking about by scanning the human brain. For the first time they have been able to identify what people are imagining from imaging technologies.

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Analysis, Business, Great Videos, People Making a Difference, Science & Technology News

Should We Revive Extinct Species?

March 15, 2013

Futurist Thomas Frey: Like many others, I’m a fan of TED Talks and a Feb 2013 talk by Stuart Brand titled “The dawn of de-extinction. Are you ready?” has caught much of the world off guard.

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Analysis, Business, Health & Fitness, Science & Technology News

Top 5 interesting facts about entrepreneurs’ health

March 15, 2013

Do entrepreneurs lead healthier lives than office workers?

Physicians and business owners are among the people most likely to exercise, according to the most recent Gallup Well-Being Index. Here are five other interesting facts about entrepreneurs from the Gallup Index.

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Analysis, Education, Internet, Latest Trend, Science & Technology News

Massive open online courses are transforming higher education and science

March 15, 2013

MOOCs: Internet-based teaching programs are designed to handle thousands of students simultaneously.

Engineering, science, and technology have at the forefront of the massive open online course movement. These classes also are providing fodder for scientific research on learning.

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Analysis, Economy, Globalism, Latest Trend, Science & Technology News

Economic shift to the east revealed in global night light patterns

March 15, 2013

Night lights

How is light distribution of light across the planet changing over time? Light produced by a society is closely correlated with its economic status. Rich developed countries tend to be brighter at night than poor developing ones.

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Analysis, Globalism, Latest Trend, Money Talk

U.S. wealth inequality is extreme by global standards

March 14, 2013

You probably took away a couple facts if you watched Poltizane’s viral video on U.S. wealth inequality. America’s rich claim an even more mind-bogglingly huge share of the nation’s wealth than they do of its income, and most people in this country would like them to have less of it.

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Analysis, Latest Trend, Spirituality

More Americans than ever before “have no religious affiliation”: Survey

March 14, 2013

Americans in almost every demographic group increasingly claim “no religion.”

The number of Americans who are not religious is on the rise. Researchers from University of California, Berkeley and Duke University went through the recently-released results of the biennial General Social Survey and found that…

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