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Practical application of ESG and investment strategy

by Tom Duncan | Oct 19, 2022 | The Professor, zLead Article, zNewsletter

Why it makes sense to have a targeted approach. Environmental, social and governance (ESG) is a high priority for real estate investors. Affording significant weight to ESG within investment decisions is prudent regardless of whether an investor has altruistic or...

A lesson for the wise as winter approaches

by Garrison Keillor | Oct 19, 2022 | The Storyteller, zOtherDiversions

Here in the northern latitudes, it appears we’ve come to the end of the golden October days and soon grey November will descend and then some snow flurries, followed by an Arctic air mass. The next morning you awaken to find the driveway drifted in, schools are...

NASA is paying for moon rocks – the implications for space commerce are huge

by Alexander William Salter and David R. Henderson | Oct 18, 2022 | Astrophysicist

This article was originally published in September 2020. Commercial space enthusiasts, we have lift-off! On 10 September, NASA announced that it is soliciting proposals for private entities to collect lunar rocks and soil. Basically, NASA is offering to buy these...

What is now?

by Sten Odenwald | Oct 17, 2022 | Astrophysicist, Golden Oldie

Originally published June 2021. What is the duration of the present moment? How is it that this present moment is replaced by ‘the next moment’? Within every organism, sentient or not, there are thousands of chemical processes that occur with their own characteristic...

Inflation: why you might be worrying about it more than you should

by Sotiris Georganas | Oct 13, 2022 | The Economist, zEditor's pick, zLead Article

People really dislike inflation. Today, with US annual inflation still above 8%, one in five Americans consider it the country’s biggest problem – spelling trouble for the Democrats at the November mid-terms. Inflation is also the top concern for voters around the...