Guest Thinkers — September 1, 2010

One more Chaiten Image

NASA captured this great image of the ash plume from Chaiten, which has reached 15-km into the atmosphere.

Following this eruption, I’m sure there will be a lot of work into why no one had any clue an eruption of this magnitude was about to occur.

Business

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The Well

Un-sabotage yourself with intrinsic motivation

From marketing to social media, today’s world preys on your values. Here’s how to reclaim them and find true happiness.

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6 min

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More accountants are leaving the field than joining. What’s going on?

More CPAs are retiring than are joining the field. What’s going on? Forensic accountant Kelly Richmond Pope explains.

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James Webb Space Telescope finds promising life chemistry on a strange world

Scientists have detected the somewhat smelly chemical dimethyl sulfide on a planet 120 light-years from Earth.

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Hard Science

How to recycle plastic with enzymes

It’s early days, but if the efforts can be efficiently scaled-up, such biological recycling could put a dent in the plastic waste problem.

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