Word: adaptational
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Issued in May, Grey's report, "Adapt or Bust," delivered a stark message. It read, "So far, the industry has not taken changing catastrophe trends seriously enough. Climate change is likely to bring us all an even more uncertain future. If we do not take action now to understand the risks and their impact, the changing climate could kill us." Its sobering conclusion: "The insurance industry must now seize the opportunity to make a difference, not just to the future of our own industry, but to the future of society...
...other's engineers. And it's not just foreigners who are feeling the pinch. Estonian doctors, nurses, construction workers and bus drivers are all being lured to higher-paid jobs abroad, leaving some gaping holes at home. Still, for 15 years, Estonia has shown that it can improvise and adapt. "We're a very small country and the No. 1 question is always: Do we have the resources?" says Skype's Tamkivi. "That means we just have to be efficient." They've managed...
...they knocked on several doors before finally being directed to the lab where Xavier Martínez, Purificación García and Neus Sanjuan had been working for years on vacuum cooking. At first, there was a bit of culture shock as chefs and scientists tried to adapt to each others' way of thinking. "We spent the first month just trying to agree on vocabulary," says Torres. "Were we 'cooking in a vacuum' or 'vacuum cooking'?" Within months, however, they had completed the first prototype, an ungainly contraption whose three pieces were joined by long hoses and cables...
...industry pushed for the establishment of official fire departments in the 19th century. More recently, British firms lobbied hard for better funding of flood defenses as part of its campaign to be able to keep offering flood insurance. Earlier this year, Lloyds of London issued a report titled "Adapt or Bust," which served as an industry-wide clarion call. "The insurance industry must now seize the opportunity to make a difference," it stated, "not just to the future of our own industry, but to the future of society." On Oct. 31, Lloyds issued a follow-up that emphasized the need...
Since his work on telomerase, Szostak has shifted the focus of his study to evolutionary questions about the beginning of life. He is currently working towards the construction of an artificial cell that can grow and adapt to its environment...