12-15-2015, 10:51 PM
Dog mothers' occasional bouts of selfishishness may have played a role in the domestication of dogs, Bhadra suggests. If a pup's mother was refusing to share food, it would have encouraged the pup to seek resources elsewhere. By aligning itself more closely with humans, the pup might have been rewarded with better food than that provided by its own mother. This is speculative, but if it is true, we may have selfish dog mothers to thank for our domestic dogs.
BBC - Earth - Selfish dog mothers don't share their food with pups
As Spanish engineering and renewable energy giant Abengoa struggles to avoid becoming the country’s biggest bankruptcy, it has emerged that a 17-year-old schoolboy predicted its collapse a year ago, spotting accounting discrepancies apparently overlooked by both Deloitte and Standard & Poor’s. Pepe Baltá, a secondary school student in Barcelona, chose Abengoa as his economics project and noticed flaws in its accounting. “If it does not act soon, there is a strong risk Abengoa will go into bankruptcy,” Baltá wrote last year in his 18-page paper, titled Analytical report on Abengoa, 2012 and 2013.
Spanish energy giant Abengoa's collapse predicted by 17-year-old | Business | The Guardian
The "Uber moment" in finance that the former CEO of Barclays warned about recently is already happening — 11 big banks have cut a combined 10% of their staff this year. Analysis by the Financial Times shows that almost 100,000 banking jobs were cut this year, equivalent to 10% of the combined staff of the 11 big European and US banks that announced cuts.
Bank's 'Uber moment': 100,000 bankers fired in 2015 - Business Insider
But it’s not just in the field of gaming that VR is making an impact. There are a number of virtual reality experiences out there that don’t require any gaming interest or dexterity to enjoy whatsoever, from apps to public events or even checking your street out on Google Cardboard. Here are nine of the most interesting ones we want to try and you should try out too.
9 awesome virtual reality experiences everyone needs to try
The UK maker of the Nurofen "specific pain" range of products has defended their packaging, after an Australian court ordered the products off shelves. The court said the UK-based Reckitt Benckiser had misled consumers. It said products marketed to treat specific pains, such as migraine, were identical to one another.
Nurofen maker Reckitt Benckiser defends Australia packaging - BBC News