Revueltosaurus skeleton unearthed at Petrified Forest upsets dinosaur tale
The fossilized skeleton of a small crocodile relative excavated last year at Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona throws a wrench into theories of how and where the dinosaurs arose more than 210 million years ago at the end of the Triassic Period. The animal, one of many creatures from the Late Triassic known only from their teeth, was thought to be an ancestor of the plant-eating or...DNA from feathers tells tale of eagle fidelity
A trail of feathers led a team of Purdue University scientists to confirm that eagles from central Asia are quite possibly the most faithful of birds. By performing DNA analysis on the feathers left behind at nesting sites, the researchers were able to identify individual Eastern imperial eagles in a nature reserve in Kazakhstan. Their analysis showed that not one adult strayed from its ma...The nude mouse tale: Omega-3 fats save the life of a terminal cancer patient
Ron Pardini is not a medical doctor. Yet he is seen as a hero by his cancer-stricken neighbor, "D.H." Pardini helped the 78-year-old after D.H. was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. "In 2000 he was told by his doctor he had only a few months to live," said Pardini, a professor of biochemistry and associate director of the Nevada Agricultural Experiment Station at the University of Nevad...A salty tale: New bacterial genome sequenced from ancient salterns
Tourists in Spain often stop to ogle the country's many saltwater lagoons, used to produce salt since Roman times. Scientists, too, admire these saltern crystallizers--and even more so, the microbes that manage to survive in such briny environs. Now, reporting in the November 28-December 2 early online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers at The Institute fo...How to keep young talent working for you
Many companies are their own worst enemies when it comes to retaining young talent. Ive lost count of the number of managers Ive met that have given up on this task. Many seem to believe that young people have some form of career ADD or commitment phobia that prevents them from staying in any one company for more than a few years. This is a myth. While there are undoubtedly some young people who...Media-savvy workers: New front in the War for Talent
A new front in the War for Talent is opening up. Tens of millions of people adept at using interactive technology and media are set to join, or are already in, the workforce - bringing expectations, skills and ways of working that will revolutionize the workplace. Those organizations that can inspire the passion and harness the skills of these "media-savvy" workers...Early Stage, Step 4: Cautionary trademark tales
- In my last column for Stage 3, I indicated we would be moving on to forming the entity. In the meantime, I received a thoughtful response about the last column that bears addressing. As a remi...Can a talent market work inside organizations?
Lately, I've been hearing this old Rolling Stones standard from the Sixties as a part of a television commercial for some brand of financial services targeted at Boomers with bloated bank balances (regretably only a half-accurate description of me). While this ad...Indian Designers show lot of Talent
According to a buyer at the American chain of Saks Fifth Avenue stores Indian fashion designer show a lot of talent// is open to joint development of designer wear garments. "I was very astonished and impressed by the way young people are designing here. It's very international and there is a thought of India in their work which is very beautiful," said Lily Amir Arjomand, general mer...Another Twist to the Tale of Reservation of Medical Seats
The tale of the controversial reservation of postgraduate medical seats to in-service candidates has developed another twist//. On Tuesday the Government announced that these candidates would have to serve the government for a minimum specified period upon completion of the PG degree failing which they would haver to pay a default fine of Rs 20 lakhs. The government’s decision to furthe...Anti-Quota Stir: Stalemate Continues; Fast Enters 10th Day
New Delhi: Despite Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's appeal, the stalemate between government and protesting medicos over quota issue continued as the doctors persisted with their hunger strike for the tenth day today.// 'As of now there is status quo and we will continue our strike as government has not agreed to setting up a committee of experts to review the reservation policy,' Dr Vi...Students Fell Ill After Eating Stale Food on I-Day
More than 40 schoolchildren in Madhya Pradesh fell ill, five of them seriously, after eating stale food on Independence Day, an official said Wednesday.// As many as 44 children of Pratapura Primary School, 60 km from Chhattarpur town, fell ill after eating "halwa puri" Tuesday. The children complained of stomach ache and started vomiting after eating the snack, which was...Crystalens™ Accommodating Posterior Chamber Intraocular Lens
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