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Mexico — Boom and Bust
With strong trade ties to the United States, how will Mexico weather the global economic downturn?
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Oil Through the Ages
Will global oil resources be enough to satisfy our energy demands over the coming decades?
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Nobel Women
In which field have women won
the most Nobel prizes — physics, chemistry, physiology/medicine,
literature, peace, or economics?
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Thursday,
May 14, 2009
Planes,
Trains and Automobiles |
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 A healthy human brain contains about 100 billion nerve cells.
The Economist
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 Holding global warming steady at its current rate would require a worldwide 60-80% cut in emissions.
Foreign Affairs
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 Women account for 46% of worldwide MBA candidates.
QS World MBA Tour
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 Patients in the United States average 3.8 physician visits annually per capita, fewer than the developed-world average of 6.8.
Congressional Research Service
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 In Spain, nearly 37% of people under the age of 25 are unemployed — the highest rate in Europe.
Eurostat
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 Germany's birth rate fell to just 8.2 per 1,000 people in 2008, the lowest in the EU.
Financial Times
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 Smart phones' share of the global market has doubled from 7.1% in 2006 to 15.4% in 2009.
Canalys
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 Hollywood
produces about 500 films a year — half the number from India
— but has ten times the sales.
The Guardian
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 At least 600 million people watched Neil Armstrong take his "giant leap for mankind" on July 20, 1969, when Apollo 11 landed on the moon.
Wall Street Journal
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 There are more than 1,500 active volcanoes in the world, including 70 in the United States.
History Channel
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