The loud call for an industry-wide four-day week, young people who are supposedly avoiding work. Have the Germans become lazy? According to statistics, they are among those who work the shortest hours in the EU. ntv.de explains why. The Germans have a reputation for being hardworking. But does that still apply today? Well-known economists like…
In its latest environmental report, Microsoft reveals that its overall water consumption increased significantly last year. Its artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT are to blame. Credits: 123RF Artificial intelligence services, ChatGPT in the lead, are quite impressive, it must be admitted. Especially when we see how extremely simple they are to use. You type a…
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visits a retirement home in Tokyo on May 19, 2022. KYODO NEWS VIA GETTY IMAGES Rising prices are weakening the finances of Japanese retirement homes, which are already facing a growing shortage of staff against a background of accelerated aging of the population. In the coming years, 27% of these…
Contents After the yes to the climate protection law, the path to the net zero target by 2050 is far from clear. Because SVP and FDP fear a power shortage without nuclear energy and want to extend the life of the existing nuclear power plants. Can the climate goals not be achieved without nuclear power?…
Supply bottlenecks for medicines Government ‘craze for austerity’ enrages pharmacists 6/6/2023, 4:31 p.m Growing staff shortages and increasing delivery bottlenecks are becoming more and more of a problem for German pharmacies. After the corona pandemic, the next crisis is already in place, the pharmacist associations warn and repeatedly accuse health policy of inaction. The Federal…
Mathilde Rochefort June 05, 2023 at 4:30 p.m. 9 © EcoFlow EcoFlow recently unveiled the PowerStream Balcony Solar System, which it advertises as “ the first balcony solar system with a portable power station “. It not only saves electricity bills, but is also a backup power source when needed. While more and more people…
During a protest organized by environmental advocacy group Surfers Against Sewage, on Gyllyngvase beach in Falmouth, Cornwall, UK, May 20, 2023. EMILY WHITFIELD-WICKS / PRESS ASSOCIATION IMAGES/MAXPPP Stuart Parkin’s tiny lawn outside his home in Newquay, Cornwall, is manicured and a perfect dark green. On a mast floats proudly a large flag of the Union…
Ihe anthropogenic water cycle, or “small water cycle”, refers to the route that water takes from the point of collection in the river or from the groundwater table until it is discharged into the natural environment. . This path is made up of the following steps: raw water abstraction, water purification in specific plants, drinking…
With lasting inflation and a tight job market, HR departments are now faced with the risk of inconsistency in their remuneration policy and in particular in salary scales, originally a guarantee of fair recognition of work and commitment. employees. “Am I paid as well as my office colleague? and “What would I gain by taking…
The bed of the Loire after the exceptional drought in the summer of 2022, on September 20, 2022 in Loireauxence, in the west of France (AFP/Archives/Damien MEYER) The summer of 2022 with its 40 degrees and its exceptional drought marked the spirits. But if this was just a taste of the France of 2100, how…
Amoxicillin tablets, in a pharmacy in Toulouse, November 18, 2022. CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP How to stop the scourge of drug shortages? After a winter of 2022 marked by strong supply tensions for paracetamol and amoxicillin in pediatric form, two basics in medicine cabinets, the arrival of spring was an opportunity for pharmaceutical manufacturers to…
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