In NYC more than 1.6 million workers, a staggering 45% of the local labor force, are underemployed. They are struggling because their employers do not give them enough hours in the work week.
Imagine half a million Army ants in a colony! By day they kill everything in their path. At night they rest in a bivouac constructed out of their living bodies.
Fires in the island nation of Indonesia have released immense stores of carbon into the atmosphere. The haze is affecting the health of millions of people there and in Malaysia and Singapore.
Fires in the island nation of Indonesia have released immense stores of carbon into the atmosphere. The haze is affecting the health of millions of people there and in Malaysia and Singapore.
In 1997 musician David Bowie sold asset-backed securities, called "Bowie bonds", which awarded investors a share in his future royalties for 10 years. They were bought for $55 million!
Educational technology could potentially reach millions of out-of-school children in Africa, but in order for it to become relevant and accessible, many areas still need to provide the electricity to power E-learning devices.
In 1997 musician David Bowie sold asset-backed securities, called "Bowie bonds", which awarded investors a share in his future royalties for 10 years. They were bought for $55 million!
Educational technology could potentially reach millions of out-of-school children in Africa, but in order for it to become relevant and accessible, many areas still need to provide the electricity to power E-learning devices.
Chajnantor is high and dry - perfect for picking up microwaves. This selection is also particularly appropriate, for mankind has been exploiting the aridity of the Atacama desert for millennia.
Some of the pyramids are well over a hundred feet tall. Many are so heavily eroded they look like natural hills; only close up can you see they are made up of millions of mud bricks.
The Russian famine of 1921 began in early spring and lasted through 1922. It killed an estimated 6 million, primarily affecting the Volga and Ural River regions.
In 2011, 9.5 million Kenyans were affected by severe drought. Few people dreamt that two years later enough water to supply the entire country for seventy years would be discovered beneath the sun-scorched, cracked earth.
It's become obvious that the technology we use to swipe for our purchases is way too easy to exploit. Recent consumer data breaches at major retailers compromised more than 70 million American shoppers!
It's become obvious that the technology we use to swipe for our purchases is way too easy to exploit. Recent consumer data breaches at major retailers compromised more than 70 million American shoppers!
It's become obvious that the technology we use to swipe for our purchases is way too easy to exploit. Recent consumer data breaches at major retailers compromised more than 70 million American shoppers!
It's become obvious that the technology we use to swipe for our purchases is way too easy to exploit. Recent consumer data breaches at major retailers compromised more than 70 million American shoppers!
Putting together such a mammoth piece of kit, with its ?250 million price tag, in the thin air and red dust of the central Chilean Andes, seems outrageously ambitious.
Facebook admitted that they manipulated the number of positive and negative posts in the news feeds of over half a million users. Understandably, many people were upset.
The Weather Project installation in London drew more than two million (wow!) people, who lay on the floor during the cold British winter, basking in the fake sunlight and enjoying communal warmth
The Weather Project installation in London drew more than two million (wow!) people, who lay on the floor during the cold British winter, basking in the fake sunlight and enjoying communal warmth.