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Solar and Wind Power Could Ignite a Hydrogen Energy Comeback
Hydrogen is flowing in pipes under the streets in Cappelle-la-Grande, helping to energize 100 homes in this northern France village. On a short side road adjacent to the town center, a new electrolyzer machine inside a small metal shed zaps water with electricity from wind and solar farms to create “renewable” hydrogen that is fed into…
Read MoreWhy Bill Gates thinks gene editing and artificial intelligence could save the world
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has been working to improve the state of global health through his nonprofit foundation for 20 years, and today he told the nation’s premier scientific gathering that advances in artificial intelligence and gene editing could accelerate those improvements exponentially in the years ahead. “We have an opportunity with the advance of…
Read MoreThe vast untapped potential of African economies
Africa today accounts for around 17% of the world’s population, but only about 3% of global GDP. These statistics not only attest to a failure to tap the continent’s developmental potential, but also highlight the tremendous opportunities and risks ahead. As long as Africa continues to lag economically, it will be a source of global…
Read MoreIf You’re So Smart, Why Aren’t You Rich?
How much is a child’s future success determined by innate intelligence? Economist James Heckman says it’s not what people think. He likes to ask educated non-scientists — especially politicians and policy makers — how much of the difference between people’s incomes can be tied to IQ. Most guess around 25 percent, even 50 percent, he…
Read MoreHere are the top 10 most competitive economies in the world
Since 1979, the World Economic Forum has been taking the temperature of long-term economic growth and productivity in its Global Competitiveness Report. The 2019 edition covers 141 economies, accounting for 99% of the world’s GDP – and finds that, a decade on from the global financial crisis, most economies are still stuck in a cycle…
Read MoreWhich countries tax their citizens the most?
Where do taxpayers pay the highest income taxes? In 2019, the highest income earners in Sweden pay a whopping 57.19 percent, more than anywhere else in the world. This is significantly more than the OECD average of 41.65 percent. In general, income taxes are higher in the Nordic countries. The highest taxes being in Denmark,…
Read More60% of women say they’ve never negotiated their salary—and many quit their job instead
A majority of women, 60%, say they’ve never negotiated with an employer over pay. But that may be leading to women changing jobs more frequently, since 72% say they’ll leave an employer to get a salary bump somewhere else. That’s according to a new report from staffing firm Randstad US, which surveyed over 1,200 employed…
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