Stopped in its tracks.Nicholas Hair/Wikimedia Commons, CC BYUp to 25,000 Network Rail workers are set to take 24-hour strike action from 5pm on Monday May 25, a public holiday. This would not only be the first national rail strike for 20 years, but also the first national strike under the newly elected Conservative government. The dispute over pay...
Excavating stone artifacts that date from 3.3 million years ago in Kenya.MPK-WTAP, CC BY-NC-NDOn the morning of July 9 2011, we were climbing a remote hill near the western shore of Lake Turkana in northern Kenya.
Sammy Lokorodi, who made the initial discovery.MPK-WTAP, CC BY-NC-ND
Our field team had accidentally followed the wrong dry riverbed, the...
Why did Penn State take so long to disclose the breach?Laptop image via www.shutterstock.comPennsylvania State University’s College of Engineering took its computer network offline on May 15 after disclosing two cyberattacks. The perpetrators were able to access information on 18,000 students, who are being contacted this week with the news...
Banks including Barclays are being hit with another round of fines for bad behaviour.Andy Rain/EPA/AAPSome of the world’s largest banks have admitted criminal conduct in manipulating the global foreign exchange market and have been fined some US$5.7 billion.
These penalties are by no means the first for the industry, and they’re not...
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Many industrial processes require moisture to be removed from compressed air, products or process materials before they move to the next stage. Excess moisture can affect equipment performance, produc...
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Effective communication helps teams stay organised, share ideas and keep track of important information. While digital tools are now common in many workplaces, a whiteboard continues to provide a simp...
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The Evolution of Sustainable Event Merchandise Event planning has undergone a massive transformation over the last decade. Gone are the days when organizers could hand out cheap, single use plastic...
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Flowers have a great power to speak when humans cannot express their feelings with right words. Flowers are the best gifts when you are celebrating a birthday or welcoming a newborn child into your fa...
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For a long time, you might have defaulted to overseas suppliers when sourcing fabricated metal components for a project. The unit price was lower on paper, and the maths seemed straightforward. That...
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Tariff escalations, supply chain fragility, geopolitical events, and the ongoing threat of cyber disruption have reshaped the risk environment facing Australian organisations. The problem is that ma...
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Starting out as an Uber driver in Melbourne is not as complicated as it sounds but getting the vehicle right is where most new drivers get stuck. Uber has strict requirements around vehicle age, condi...
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