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...research suggests that leadership qualities like taking charge and being competitive have an evolutionary advantage even if high socioeconomic status no longer does. "Perhaps the idea of having children is most attractive (or least frightening) to individuals who prefer to act as leaders and to influence other people, including their own offspring," the authors write. The theory is that evolution genetically predisposes Type A's to like having kids because thousands of years ago, people with Type A personalities accrued more resources to guarantee their kids' survival...
...order to deliver the greatest benefit to at-risk populations in the developing world, OTD’s strategy focuses on two areas that act as force multipliers: infectious disease (the leading cause of preventable infant and child mortality in poor countries) and diagnostic technologies. A single dose of vaccine may confer upon its recipient a lifetime of immunity against a deadly infectious disease. A diagnostic test that can be adapted for use in a challenging field environment outside of the traditional “high-tech” clinical laboratory setting stands to deliver the greatest benefit...
...many Merkel critics say Germany needs to act now. Merkel's wait-and-see policy just isn't working, they argue. Economists now predict that Germany's export-dependent economy will contract by a record 7% this year. And the latest data from the European Central Bank show that despite the stimulus packages and bailouts across Europe, the region's banks still are not lending money. The volume of lending to the private sector in the eurozone, the 16 countries that use the common European currency, dropped 0.1% in February from the month before and lending to businesses also slipped...
...Finally, keep in mind that employers can always improve your severance package. Even if they act as if their hands are tied, there's no law saying they can't give you more - even though in the current environment they'll probably, at least at first, try to give you less...
...Human Achievement Hour, which will "salute the people who keep the lights on and produce the energy that helps make human achievement possible." (So if you've ever wanted to throw a party for your local coal plant, this will be your chance.) But Earth Hour is a symbolic act, and as WWF's Roberts points out, "history is littered with symbolic acts that became tipping points." (Read "Solar Power: Eco-Friendly or Environmental Blight...