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40 maps that explain the world By Max Fisher By Max Fisher August 12, 2013 Maps can be a remarkably powerful tool for understanding the world and how it works, but they show only what you ask them to. So when we saw a post sweeping the Web titled "40 maps they didn't teach you in school," one of which happens to be a WorldViews original, I thought we might be able to contribute our own collection. Some of these are pretty nerdy, but I think they're no less fascinating and easily understandable. Blog - BiotechLikemind BiotechLikemind is an online community for people interested in biotech and life sciences. It's a place where you can meet, and interact with, bio-entrepreneurs and inventors, investors and industry experts. If you have a biotech idea or question, you can post it as a discussion and get feedback from our community. If you have a patented technology, you can use our platform to do market research and technology valuation. If you are looking for a job, you can reach out to industry professionals and become part of discussions to raise your profile. If you are looking to employ, you can find search for people with the skills and attitudes you require.

Adaptability: The Key to Digital Transformation Eliminate Technical Debt to Enable a Nimble IT Organization It’s a refrain that has been repeated throughout the ages: The pace of technological change is so fast, how can anyone keep up? Most of the changes that have taken place have helped mankind do what we had already been doing, only better. But today’s technological change is not only moving at a faster pace but is having a more profound effect on the way we communicate, socialize and basically live on this planet Earth.

A Famous Steve Jobs Speech Is Hidden on Your Mac Every Mac which has the Pages app for OS X installed includes a little Easter Egg that few know about; a famous Steve Jobs speech, tucked away in a little unassuming folder. Technically, it’s two different Steve Jobs speeches, the famous text from the Crazy Ones Think Different campaign, and arguably the even more famous 2005 Steve Jobs commencement speech from Stanford University. Note that you must have Pages.app installed in OS X to find the Easter Egg file, Pages is free as part of the iWork suite nowadays on new Macs, and older versions can upgrade to the latest versions for free.

From A to Z: 200 Essential Resources for Entrepreneurs Building a Business Being an entrepreneur can be difficult. Being an entrepreneur attempting to launch a startup is even more challenging. The good news? You don’t have to go it alone. Forbidden acts never justified by “goodness” of intention The Fatwa on Terrorism & Suicide Bombings deals comprehensively with the core arguments that terrorists use and their tendencies to misuse Islamic teachings to defend their wrong actions. The Fatwa on Terrorism contains clear-cut rebuttals of the standard arguments made by the terrorists and goes as far as declaring those who commit terrorist acts disbelievers. The Fatwa on Terrorism clearly explains how terrorists such as the likes of Mujaahid Abu Hamza and Ismail Ibn Abdullah (formerly Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale) have nothing to do with Islam or its peaceful teachings nor can their actions be defended by using any verses of the Qur’an.

Tech Philanthropists Are Giving Away Billions to Build a Better Future They’re often featured as James Bond villains — super-rich megalomaniacs who pour their infinite resources into sophisticated doomsday devices, private rockets for last-minute escapes, and enough high-tech toys to rival the NSA, FBI and CIA combined. It’s easy to vilify the mega-rich, but billionaires and multi-millionaires (on occasion) do some good for society. One class, in particular, could be viewed as a type of Bond anti-villain. About half of the top 50 philanthropist dollars in the United States in 2014 were given by tech entrepreneurs, according to The Chronicle of Philanthropy. The Secrets and Clues of the Official Game of Thrones Maps Below the mysterious Shadow Lands and its pink ghost grass, the jungle continent of Ulthos is revealed for the first time Jonathan Roberts/ © George RR Martin 2012 Below the mysterious Shadow Lands and its pink ghost grass, the mysterious jungle continent of Ulthos is revealed for the first time East of the Mountains of Morn, the maps display a city never mentioned in the novels: Carcosa. A map of the snowy lands north of the Wall, including the Frostfangs mountain range and the Fist of the First Men.

?articles In September 2016, Facebook cofounder and billionaire Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan announced an exceedingly ambitious plan to “cure, prevent, or manage all diseases by the end of the century.” Zuckerberg and Chan pledged $3 billion to be disbursed by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), the charitable foundation they had launched the year before. With that announcement, the CZI joined the ranks of a handful of other philanthropic mega-donors pumping cash into biomedical research labs.