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☆ Palm oil is in almost everything, and it's devastating rainforests. This Bill Gates-backed company used microbes to create an alternative
  + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Catherine Clifford | In Catclifford | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +11 min
Palm oil grows best in the regions right around the equator, so palm oil producers chop down rainforest and clear that felled vegetation by burning it, making it a prime target of conservation organizations like the Rainforest Rescue and the World Wildlife Fund. Palm oil trees grow at the Cikasungka palm oil plantation, operated by PT Perkebunan Nusantara VIII, in Bogor Regency in West Java, Indonesia, on Monday, June 20, 2022. To make its palm oil alternative, C16 Biosciences uses a wild yeast microbe that makes a functional equivalent to palm oil with a kind of fermentation process. Photo courtesy: Cat Clifford, CNBCChemically, the palm oil that C16 Biosciences makes is not identical to the palm oil that is grown in industrial agriculture farms. However, "it contains the same fatty acids, which are the molecular fingerprints of fats and oils, that palm oil does," Heller told CNBC.
☆ How to Become a Better, Braver Public Speaker
  + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Rachel Feintzeig | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Palms sweaty, heart racing, face flushed. You’re in front of a crowd at work again, and it’s terrifying. Public speaking is our most common fear, according to psychology researchers, and things have only gotten weirder after years spent in the protective cocoon of Zoom. Facing just our monitors, and maybe an audience count ticking up in the corner, we read from our notes and became reliant on elaborate setups and crutches (filters, Post-its peeking over the screen).
☆ How to Get Your Public-Speaking Mojo Back
  + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Rachel Feintzeig | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Palms sweaty, heart racing, face flushed. You’re in front of a crowd at work again, and it’s terrifying. Public speaking is our most common fear, according to psychology researchers, and things have only gotten weirder after years spent in the protective cocoon of Zoom. Facing just our monitors, and maybe an audience count ticking up in the corner, we read from our notes and became reliant on elaborate setups and crutches (filters, Post-its peeking over the screen).
☆ Anthony Rapp testifies he ‘could not escape’ his memory of incident with Kevin Spacey
  + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Sonia Moghe | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +3 min
CNN —Anthony Rapp testified Tuesday in a civil trial against Kevin Spacey about the emotional distress he says the actor has caused him. “Every time I saw him on the screen I was reminded, I could not escape that memory,” Rapp testified. “I wanted to tell someone what had happened,” Rapp testified. His first time seeing Spacey after the incident was during his brief appearance in the 1988 film “Working Girl.”“It was as if somebody had poked me with a cattle prod,” Rapp testified of seeing Spacey on screen. Rapp testified that he did not see a draft of the article and that he was concerned about public backlash for speaking out.
☆ Most career-change advice is superficial. Here's what you need to know about the challenges you'll face overhauling your work life.
  + stars: | 2022-09-10 | by ( Rebecca Knight | Shana Lebowitz | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +8 min
If you're pondering a switch, you're likely hungry for advice. When your work life feels impossibly tedious, the prospect of a career change — learning a new industry, honing new skills, meeting new colleagues, and maybe even making more money — is tantalizing. If you're one of those people pondering a career switch, you're likely hungry for advice that can help you understand what the change entails. Yet Beilock cautions against talking yourself out of a career change based on fear. You can cultivate inner resilience and learn to view a career change with excitement rather than dread."
☆ 2 siblings worth over $325,000 say 3 strategies got them out of poverty and helped build generational wealth
  + stars: | 2022-08-22 | by ( Leo Aquino | Read More | Read Less | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +6 min
Siblings Sunem and Israel Tovar have a combined investment portfolio worth $327,000. They started the Dream Teacher Project to help other teachers of color reach financial independence. "I started investing because I was used to limiting my spending. They shared what they know with extended family membersSoon, word of the siblings' financial independence journey spread to their parents, tíos, tías, siblings, and cousins. So we work with teachers of color across the country to improve their money mindset and heal financial trauma."
☆ Preparing for Category 6 hurricanes, a new facility will test winds of 200 mph and storm surge
  + stars: | 2022-02-07 | by ( Jennifer Gray | Cnn Meteorologist | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +22 min
Hide Caption 1 of 99 Photos: Hurricane Dorian Homes are in ruins one week after Dorian hit Marsh Harbour. Hide Caption 11 of 99 Photos: Hurricane Dorian Waves crash into boats in Halifax, Nova Scotia, as Hurricane Dorian approached on September 7. Hide Caption 27 of 99 Photos: Hurricane Dorian Emerald Isle employees work to clear a road after a tornado hit. Hide Caption 67 of 99 Photos: Hurricane Dorian Dorian left heavy damage at this resort in Hope Town, Bahamas. Hide Caption 74 of 99 Photos: Hurricane Dorian Palm trees blow in strong winds prior to Dorian's landfall in Freeport.
☆ A humanoid robot designed to fly like Iron Man has been built to help in natural disasters
  + stars: | 2022-01-04 | by ( David Vázquez | Nathan Rennolds | Business Insider España | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Italian researchers are adding propulsion engines to a small humanoid robot. The engines will allow the robot to fly like Iron Man. The iCub, as the robot is called, could help in natural disasters. The robot will have systems in its palms that allow it to control power and direction, much like the Marvel superhero Iron Man. The ability to fly will allow iCub to do both these things.
☆ 20 best nude beaches around the world
  + stars: | 2018-05-24 | by ( Joe Yogerst | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +16 min
Meanwhile, there are more places than ever to sun, swim or build sandcastles au naturel at clothing-optional beaches on every continent. One of the spin-offs of the socially and sexually liberal 1960s was a “free beach” movement that saw a proliferation of nude beaches around the world. Here are 15 of the best nude beaches around the world:Playa Naturista Chihuahua, UruguayLocated about a 30-minute drive from Punta del Este, Uruguay’s best-known nude beach overlooks Portezuelo Bay on the Atlantic coast. Playa Naturista Chihuahua, Avenida Las Amarras, 20003 Chihuahua, UruguayNida Nude Beach, LithuaniaThe chilly Baltic Sea may not seem like the most obvious place to skinny dip. Platja des Cavallet, 07818, Balearic Islands, SpainLittle Beach, Maui, HawaiiLittle Beach -- a clothing-optional beach in Maui's Makena State Park.
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