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Friday, 04 August 2023 10:41
How Remote Work Increases Insider Risk
GUEST OPINION: The choice to hire remote can bring in the best of the best. But even the best slip up sometimes. When remote work increases the cost of a data breach by $1 million, exposure comes with the territory. No perfect solution exists, but being aware of the trade-offs will help you prepare for the worst. Read on to understand how remote work can put your business at increased insider risk.
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Monday, 15 March 2021 13:48
Fiverr's Peggy de Lange: Women belong at all tables where decisions are made
A week after International Women's Day, and as rallies to support injustices against women are happening in Australia's capital cities, iTWire is publishing Peggy de Lange's longer op-ed on IWD2021 as a reminder to all.
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Tuesday, 22 December 2009 20:00
ESA oks Mars missions in 2016, 2018
Two missions within the ExoMars Programme have been approved by the Council of the European Space Agency (ESA). Both missions, the first orbiting about the planet and the second roving on the surface, will look for potential life on the planet.
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Space
Friday, 04 December 2009 21:46
Rover Spirit gets bogged down but finds steam-formed sulfates
The NASA Mars Exploration Rover Spirit was driving across a crusty surface on Mars one day when it fell through and got stuck. When it tried to drive out its wheels flew up some soft soil under the crust. What it found scientists call "supremely interesting"!
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Space
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Tuesday, 06 October 2009 20:33
How to measure Happy Planet living
The New Economics Foundation says that people can be happy without sacrificing their economic well-being. The Happy Planet Index shows that people can live long and happy lives without degrading their country’s natural resources. The people of Costa Rica are a fine example!
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Health
Saturday, 03 October 2009 18:05
Half of 2009 newborns will live 100 years or more
According to a Danish study, over half of the babies born since the year 2000 within developed countries, such as the United States, Canada, Japan, and countries of Western Europe, should live to be centenarians.
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Health
Thursday, 09 July 2009 18:27
Could we live as old as Rapamycin-injected mice?
A drug called Rapamycin is injected into humans to help lessen the rejection of a new organ. However, U.S. scientists found that it significantly extends the lifespan of invertebrates, and now mammals (mice). They are excited because further research may produce a way to delay the onset of cancer and other aging disease and, thus, produce longer lives in humans.
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Biology
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Wednesday, 22 April 2009 19:21
Researchers discover two complex molecules in space
Two of the most complex organic molecules ever observed in interstellar space have been identified by scientists from Germany and the United States using a telescope from Spain. Their research adds to our knowledge of the Universe and how it evolved and made life.
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Space
Wednesday, 18 March 2009 19:19
Simply: More fat means less life
The more you weigh the fewer years you will live, according to a large research study performed in the United Kingdom on nearly 900,000 adults. Specifically, according to this study, if you are severely obese your life expectancy is reduced by 10 years on average—yes, TEN YEARS!
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Health
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Saturday, 07 March 2009 19:42
Exoplanet mission launched: Kepler to space
The Kepler Mission was successfully launched into space from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 10:49 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on Friday, March 6, 2009. The NASA mission is to find the first habitable planets the size of Earth orbiting about stars in the constellations Cygnus and Lyra.
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Space
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Sunday, 22 February 2009 21:19
100 billion Earths in Milky Way galaxy! Could it be?
According to Dr. Alan Boss, our Milky Way galaxy could contain one hundred billion Earth-like planets. However, he says very few of these planets would be able to support intelligent life. But, what about primitive (microscopic) life?
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Space
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Friday, 02 January 2009 21:07
What if, we could drink water for a longer life?
The question of drinking water for a longer and healthier life has been suggested in the scientific community for many years. However, it's not regular water they are talking about, but heavy water (deuterated water) that’s the key to this research into a possible 'fountain of youth.'
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Health
Friday, 19 December 2008 23:06
Carbonates found on Mars, increases chance of past life
The NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has found carbonate minerals on the planet Mars. Its discovery by U.S. and French scientists is now prompting planetary astronomers to rethink their theories that Mars once had a primarily global acidic environment (which is not very conducive to life).
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Space
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Thursday, 27 November 2008 19:49
Saturn moon Enceladus has plumes with speeds over 1,300 mph
New, exciting research from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft shows that the plumes being ejected from Saturn’s moon Enceladus are likely composed of liquid water because of their extremely fast speeds.
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Space
Sunday, 02 November 2008 20:51
Be conscientious, and live longer!
According to twenty studies combined into one large California study, the more conscientious a person is, the longer they live. So, if you are lazy, you could be headed for an early grave.
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Health
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Friday, 17 October 2008 20:04
Origins of life experiment still good after 55 years
In 1953, Stanley Miller and Harold Urey at the University of Chicago tried to re-create the early atmosphere of Earth to see if they could figure out how life came to be here on Earth. Their work became a classic experiment and spurred many speculations on the origins of life. But, what now?
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Biology
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Wednesday, 30 July 2008 04:59
IBM software aims at total recall by tapping data from mobile phone
IBM researchers have developed software aimed at putting to use the wealth of information that can be captured by current mobile devices. The idea is to make data from photos and audio recordings made with mobile phones and similar devices easily retrievable in context on the desktop.
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Business Telecommunications
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Saturday, 26 July 2008 19:34
Was Venus surrogate mother for Earth?
Venus and Earth have often been called “sister” planets because of their similarities, but a new British research study finds that mother Venus may have sent microorganisms to daughter Earth via father Sun and created life on Earth.
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Space
Thursday, 03 July 2008 20:35
Australian diamonds may be nearly as Old as the (Jack) Hills
Australian-German scientists found diamonds in Western Australia that indicate the beginning of life on Earth may have occurred about 700 million years earlier than currently conjectured, even before Earth was hit with intense numbers of meteorites.
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Climate
Monday, 23 June 2008 00:14
Will we also colonize Earth microbes on Mars?
According to a New Scientist article, NASA researchers found one hundred species of terrestrial bacteria in the assembly room of the Phoenix Mars Lander.
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Space
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