Analysis – Page 327

Analysis, Big Problems, Global Warming, Globalism, Science & Technology News

Is it too late to turn the tides on rising sea levels?

July 17, 2011

If sea levels rose to where they were during the Last Interglacial Period, large parts of the Gulf of Mexico would be under water (red areas),

Melting ice sheets contributed much more to rising sea levels than thermal expansion of warming ocean waters during the Last Interglacial Period, a UA-led team of researchers has found. The results further suggest that ocean levels continue to rise long after warming of the atmosphere has leveled off.

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Analysis, Health & Fitness, Human Behavior, Science & Technology News

Alpha males may look in control but they are more stressed out than their lowly counterparts

July 16, 2011

Maintaining a lofty position in the social hierarchy causes your stress levels to rocket.

Researchers found that while alpha males get the pick of the girls, the money and the power they pay a heavy price for their dominance.

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Analysis, Business, facebook, Internet, Science & Technology News

Facebook’s Sponsored Stories performing better than standard ads

July 16, 2011

Facebook Sponsored Story ad

Earlier this year Facebook launched a new form of advertising called “Sponsored Stories”. some people just didn’t buy into the plot. “Sponsored Stories” takes content generated by Facebook users and turns it into ads, seemed to be crossing some kind of line.

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Analysis, Health & Fitness, Science & Technology News

Most Americans want a ban on smoking in public: poll

July 16, 2011

Nineteen percent believe smoking should be illegal.

Most people in the U.S. want smoking banned in all public places, but only 19 percent believe that cigarette smoking should be illegal in the United States, according to a new Gallop poll.

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Top 20 most dangerous U.S.cities for pedestrians

July 15, 2011

Florida holds the top four on the list with the most dangerous places to walk in America.

The 2011 edition of the “Dangerous by Design” report has just been released by Transportation for America, which calculated the Pedestrian Danger Index (PDI) in metro areas around the country. Cities where people walk more have more pedestrian deaths, so the index plots the number of pedestrians who die against the number of people who walk.

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Analysis, Science & Technology News

Introducing: Eight Grand Challenges for humanity

July 15, 2011

Futurist Thomas Frey: On Sunday I gave the closing keynote at the World Future Society’s “WorldFuture 2011″ event in Vancouver, BC. It was an energized crowd of inspired thinkers from around the globe, and I felt quite honored to be part of this event.

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Analysis, Art, Breakthrough Thinking, Historical Perspectives, Human Behavior, Latest Trend, New Viewpoints

QR Code on tombstone creates dynamic memorial

July 15, 2011

QR Codes are an inventive way to memorialize a loved one.

When Yoav Medan’s mother Judith passed away in June, the Israel-based medical technology executive couldn’t decide what he wanted to write on her tombstone. After deliberating with his family, Medan decided to turn to technology for the answer and attach a QR code to the grave in Haifa, Israel…

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DaVinci Institute unveils eight competitions for mankind

July 15, 2011

Thomas Frey, futurist and executive director at the DaVinci Institute.

Thomas Frey, a futurist and executive director at the DaVinci Institute, has been drawing inspiration from the success of large-scale incentive-based prize competitions as he announced a series of eight massively difficult competitions during his keynote July 10th at the World Future Society’s “WorldFuture 2011″ event in Vancouver, BC, Canada.

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Analysis, Big Problems, Brain, Breakthrough Thinking, Culture, Current Events, Education, Historical Perspectives, Human Behavior, Internet, Latest Trend

Are Search Engines changing the way our memory works?

July 15, 2011

Has the Search Engine altered our way of thinking and remembering?

If you can Google it, why bother remembering? Being able to access facts with just a few keystroke definitely improved our lives, but it has actually changed the way our memories work.

A study of 46 college students found lower rates of recall on newly-learned facts when students thought those facts were saved on a computer for later recovery.

If you think a fact is conveniently available online, then, you may be less apt to learn it…

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

‘The start-up of you’ – Reinventing yourself in the ever changing job market

July 15, 2011

Employers are looking for people who can invent, adapt and reinvent their jobs every day, in a market that changes faster than ever.

The rise in the unemployment rate last month to 9.2 percent has Democrats and Republicans reliably falling back on their respective cure-alls. It is evidence for liberals that we need more stimulus and for conservatives that we need more tax cuts to increase demand. I am sure there is truth in both, but I do not believe they are the whole story. I think something else, something new — something that will require our kids not so much to find their next job as to invent their next job — is also influencing today’s job market more than people realize.

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Analysis, Brain, Food, Health & Fitness, Science & Technology News

Addiction is the same whether it’s drugs or food: Study

July 14, 2011

Foods high in sugar and fat have a similar effect on the brain as alcohol and other drugs of abuse.

Do you think you’re addicted to chocolate? It’s unlikely you cut yourself off from your friends because you’re too embarrassed to scarf down Hershey bar after Hershey bar in front of them.

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Analysis, Globalism, Photo Perspectives, Science & Technology News

Amazing maps show where Twitter and Flickr are used around the world

July 14, 2011

Europe and North America are the brightest spots, indicating the most concentrated use of Twitter and Flickr.

Last year photographer Eric Fischer turned a lot of heads with his Flickr set that used the site’s geotags to map various cities. Now he has posted a new set on his Flickr stream that illustrates where in the United States, Europe, and the world people tend to use Twitter, and where they tend to use Flickr. (Pics)

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