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“When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe,” the great naturalist John Muir wrote in the middle of the nineteenth century. “We forget that nature itself is one vast miracle transcending the reality of night and nothingness,” the great naturalist Loren Eiseley wrote a century later as he considered the meaning of life. “We forget that each one of us in his personal life repeats that miracle.”
Because of this delicate interconnectedness of life across time, space, and being, any littlest fragment of the universe can become a lens on the miraculous whole. Sometimes, it is the humblest life-forms that best intimate the majesty of life itself.
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WorkGermany's Hamburg airport cancels all departures Thursday and Friday due to strike Arrivals will still be possible but flights may be delayed or cancelled. Read more at straitstimes.com.
WorkGermany has shut down its last three nuclear power plants, and some climate scientists are aghast \"Nuclear power plants are a hindrance to the energy transition. They are not able to run in stop-and-go mode and cannot really compensate for power fluctuations that arise when using solar and wind energy. With Germany looking to expand solar and wind power very rapidly over the next few years, now is a good time to shut down nuclear reactors to make way for renewable energy,\" he said.
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Using a meta-analysis that crunched data on financial performance as well as corporate reputation, the authors examined 128 global companies that had undergone transformation between 2016 and 2020 and found that: 1) Transformation is even harder than expected (only 22% of companies in their sample were successful), and 2) Successful companies shared a common focus on initiatives that prioritized employees, including DE&I programs and support for women managers’ careers, in addition to competitive pay and access to health care. | � | | WorkWork | � | | WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkCuring disease with CRISPR with Trevor Martin from Mammoth Biosciences  This week Darrell and Becca are joined by Trevor Martin the co-founder and CEO of Mammoth Biosciences, a startup that uses CRISPR to diagnose and find treatments for genetic diseases. Trevor talked about what it is like to build a company surrounding novel tech with one of the scientists credited with creating it. He also talked about the sheer scope of problems this technology can solve and how the company decided where to start. Plus, he talks about how Mammoth thinks about public perception of the tech in an age where there is growing hostility toward science. WorkThe ultra-wealthy in the US aren't only in New York anymore  © 2023 Fortune Media IP Limited. All Rights Reserved. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy | CA Notice at Collection and Privacy Notice | Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information | Ad Choices FORTUNE is a trademark of Fortune Media IP Limited, registered in the U.S. and other countries. FORTUNE may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. Offers may be subject to change without notice.S&P Index data is the property of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. and its licensors. All rights reserved. Terms & Conditions. Powered and implemented by Interactive Data Managed Solutions. WorkWorkTwo tons of cocaine found floating in Sicilian waters  Italy’s Finance Police pulled two tons of cocaine in floating packages out of the sea off the coast of Sicily on Monday (17 April). Police said a surveillance plane had spotted the large floating packages with an illumination device near the port of Catania. As many as 70 floating waterproof packages were held together by a net. Finance Police in dinghies dragged the floating boxes out of the water and brought them to their headquarters, where they discovered 1,600 packets of cocaine weighing a total of 2,000 kilos. Click here to sign up for our newsletters. WorkWorkEinride brings its electric trucks to U.K. freight sector in partnership with PepsiCo  While Einride isn’t one of the beneficiaries of this Freight Innovation Fund (FIF), the company is fresh from a $500 million fundraise from a slew of investors, including $300 million in debt-financing from Barclays Europe which Einride has been using to bolster its vehicle fleet as it continues to expand its footprint across Europe and North America. WorkWorkJet's return to skies unclear, Jalan-Kalrock has less than a month to pay creditors  The Jalan Kalrock Consortium (JKC) who had won the bid to take over the airline is yet to receive airline's ownership as it hasn't made any payments to the creditors so far. Now banking sources tell CNBC TV18 that the airline's ownership will only be transferred after the consortium pays Rs 270 crore to lenders as the first tranche of payment. WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWork4 Americans from a Black empowerment organization worked with Russian intelligence to spread propaganda, feds say  © 2023 Fortune Media IP Limited. All Rights Reserved. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy | CA Notice at Collection and Privacy Notice | Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information | Ad Choices FORTUNE is a trademark of Fortune Media IP Limited, registered in the U.S. and other countries. FORTUNE may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. Offers may be subject to change without notice.S&P Index data is the property of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. and its licensors. All rights reserved. Terms & Conditions. Powered and implemented by Interactive Data Managed Solutions. WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkOnline real estate firm Opendoor cuts 22% of workforce  Opendoor uses artificial intelligence systems and other technologies to help it buy and price thousands of homes, aiming to flip them within a few months for a profit. It has been cutting prices for some homes that have lingered longer on its balance sheet, and the company said it is reducing its marketing spending. WorkWorkWorkUK imposes sanctions on art collector accused of financing Hezbollah  “Approximately $160m worth of artwork and diamond-grading services were transacted through the US financial system,” the DoJ said. “One defendant was arrested today in the United Kingdom at the request of the United States, and the eight remaining defendants, including Ahmad, are believed to reside outside the United States and remain at large.” WorkOpinion | A Few Ways Out of the Debt Ceiling Mess  I wish I could offer reassurance that all of this will work out. But I can’t. When the party that controls one body of Congress has no interest in keeping America governable, catastrophe is always a real possibility. WorkWorkflow Rehab: 5 Steps to Cut Waste From Your Workflow  Every job has a workflow and routine. Workflow can broadly be understood as the coordination of tasks within a process. Generally, routines form around the way workers structure their day, and workflow forms around the way that workers structure their tasks. In many cases, your workflow will include others, as information is passed back and […] WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkArrest of SNP treasurer overshadows Humza Yousaf's policy relaunch The Scottish Liberal Democrats' leader, Alex Cole-Hamilton, said: "Everyone, including those SNP backbenchers otherwise engaged today, knows this first minister's relaunch has been utterly torpedoed. And while he is focused on the turmoil within his own party, NHS waiting time targets are still being missed, more ferries are breaking down, and record amounts of sewage are being dumped into Scotland's rivers." WorkCuring disease with CRISPR with Trevor Martin from Mammoth Biosciences This week Darrell and Becca are joined by Trevor Martin the co-founder and CEO of Mammoth Biosciences, a startup that uses CRISPR to diagnose and find treatments for genetic diseases. Trevor talked about what it is like to build a company surrounding novel tech with one of the scientists credited with creating it. He also talked about the sheer scope of problems this technology can solve and how the company decided where to start. Plus, he talks about how Mammoth thinks about public perception of the tech in an age where there is growing hostility toward science. WorkSo you want to launch an AI startup  CB Insights compiled data from 2021 and 2022 to understand where VC investment money has been going when it comes to generative AI startups. Given the recent hype around this area, it’s reasonable to think that the volume of investment will increase, and perhaps the allocation will be different, but this is what we have for now. WorkWorkAmid the AI hype, don't forget about no-code  Ask anyone who works at a company that builds software and isn’t part of the engineering or product orgs how long it will take them to get something built for their own needs. Without even making Jira ticket jokes, we all know what the answer will be. And to a degree, the standard situation makes sense: What nondeveloper employees need is often pretty basic software, and expensive engineers need to focus on the company’s core offering not internal tooling. WorkAI-powered retina scanning startup Mediwhale raises $9M  Mediwhale isn’t the only company doing work using AI in the medical diagnostics space. Alphabet’s Verily raised $ 1 billion to expand its data-driven healthcare products in 2022. Digital Diagnostics, formerly known as IDx, an AI-powered diagnostics company, secured $75 million in Series B financing led by KKR last year. 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