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| Research suggests parts of UK could be too hot for wine making by 2080 |
| Increasing summer temperatures could mean some parts of southern England are too hot to grow vines for making wine by 2080, according to a new book launched today (26 May 2008). |
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| MEN CAN'T HELP ACTING ON IMPULSE |
| Psychologists have for the first time measured what advertisers long ago realised. Men are more likely to act impulsively when they see pictures of attractive women, according to a new study. |
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| U.S. AND THE U.N. AT WAR OVER SUGAR GUIDELINES |
| The United States has accused the United Nations food and health bodies of failing to get their science right in a report that calls for limiting sugar intake for health reasons. |
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| BETTER THAN BARCODES |
| That bar code on your cereal box holds information read by a laser scanner. It's not much information, but it's enough to let the supermarket take your money, keep track of inventory, follow trends in customer preference, and restock its shelves. Scanners and bar codes speed up checkout, but they've got a few limitations. The scanning laser needs a direct line of sight to the bar code, and the bar code itself needs to be reasonably clean and undamaged – one reason your cashier might have to swipe that bag of spuds four or five times before the scanner reads it. |
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| HYBRID BUSES OPERATE WITH LOWER EMISSIONS, GREATER FUEL EFFICIENCY |
| A recently released study by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) concludes that hybrid buses operate with lower emissions and greater fuel efficiency than conventional diesel buses. |
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| WEALTH OF NATIONS DEPENDS ON JACK FROST, RESEARCH FINDS |
| Why do the rich get richer and the poor stay poor? When it comes to nations, the answers may include frost, according to a study that for the first time links economic and new global climate data. |
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| DOING DIFFERENT TASKS AT ONCE ISN'T EFFICIENT, ESPECIALLY WHEN SHIFTING TO LESS FAMILIAR TASKS |
| New scientific studies reveal the hidden costs of multitasking, key findings as technology increasingly tempts people to do more than one thing (and increasingly, more than one complicated thing) at a time. |
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| ENERGY CRISIS ACCELERATED, NOT HELPED, BY INCREASED OIL PRODUCTION |
| Researchers predict only 30-50 years at most before reserves begin to decline sharply. Increasing oil production will hasten the day when demand for oil outstrips supply and will make an inevitable oil crisis far more unmanageable, researchers from the University of Rochester say. |
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| HOW BUSINESSMEN AND BUSINESSWOMEN RESPOND ON CRITICISM |
| Good criticism is a gift for a man it’s addressed. If this man understands his mistakes and demerits, he will never do them once again.
It was found that women, on the contrary to men, more seriously accept criticism targeted at them, and take it into account as a good experience.
This situation happens because women, stepping up in the career hierarchy, have to overcome obstacles laid by men who think that there is no room for women in business. Therefore, increased requirements women face make them carefully take into account all their mistakes and demerits. Otherwise, women will not be able to compete with men dominating in business. |
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