It’s a funny thing, fear.
Nearly one in five full-time employees in this country has a dream–and that dream is to no longer be a full-time employee.
But there’s something holding back the vast majority of them.
A new survey by cloud-based accounting software firm Freshbooks concludes that 24 million U.S. workers truly want to become their own bosses–but only about two million of them actually managed to quit their jobs last year to launch their own companies.
Don’t try this at home.
The definition of safety is “the state of being safe; freedom from the occurrence or risk of injury, danger, or loss”. These photos are the complete opposite of the definition of safety. Checking out these funny workplace safety pictures can give you great safety tips. (Pics)
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The size of a specific part of the brain may help experts pinpoint when autism could first develop, University of North Carolina researchers report.
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Up to 30,000 residents and tourists could be under threat from a newly discovered tsunami risk in the Caribbean, according to experts in disaster risk management.
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A woman who went on an intense grapefruit-based diet developed a blood clot in her leg and risked losing the limb, US doctors have reported.The unusual case, written up in the Lancet medical journal, occurred in Washington state in November last year.
Medics concluded grapefruit had affected the way the 42-year-old’s body processed her contraceptive pill.
A UK expert stressed this was an unusual case, but said extreme diets may have “unpredictable consequences”.
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Even before his son was born, Pawan Sinha saw unique potential. At a birthing class, Dr. Sinha, a neuroscience professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, stunned everyone, including his wife, by saying he was excited about the baby’s birth “because I really want to study him and do experiments with him.” He did, too, strapping a camera on baby Darius’s head, recording what he looked at.
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Middle-aged people who drink moderate amounts of coffee significantly reduce their risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, a study by Finnish and Swedish researchers showed on Thursday.
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A team of researchers from the University of Sydney has developed an innovative method to analyse digital photographs of faces in order to determine an individual’s risk of developing Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA).
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Women who smoke during pregnancy risk delivering aggressive kids according to a new Canada-Netherlands study published in the journal Development and Psychopathology. While previous studies have shown that smoking during gestation causes low birth weight, this research shows mothers who light up during pregnancy can predispose their offspring to an additional risk: violent behaviour.
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The all new GPS Angel Red Light/Speed Camera warning system is designed to warn you of red lights and fixed speed cameras. It’s completely road legal and easy to use, just simply place it on your dashboard and switch on.
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Researchers at University College London (UCL) have developed an online tool that may help predict the risk of someone suffering from depression in the future.
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Are you concerned about having a baby with asthma? Well, you may want to hold off on when to conceive. A new study has shown that children born about four months before the height of the cold and flu season are at a higher risk of developing asthma.
Continue reading… “Fall Babies At Greater Risk Of Asthma Study Shows”
By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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