Energy and food becoming global battlegrounds while high profile VC becomes lightning rod
Energy. Food. Money. The nexus is fraught with political disagreement, high intensity accuations and lots of potential for profit, or disaster.
Energy. Food. Money. The nexus is fraught with political disagreement, high intensity accuations and lots of potential for profit, or disaster.
A showdown between Amazon and book publisher Macmillan over the weekend will translate into higher prices for digital books. Simply put, Amazon caved. And once other publishers follow Macmillan's playbook e-book price inflation will be rampant.
U.S. researchers who have studied 15 earthquakes with magnitudes greater than 7 since 1990 have found that at least 12 of them triggered smaller quakes thousands of miles away. Their study shows that large earthquakes routinely spark jolts worldwide, 'including on the opposite side of the planet and in areas not prone to quakes.' To reach this conclusion, the scientists 'analyzed data from more than 500 seismic recording stations five hours before and five hours after earthquakes.' But read more...