EconomicsClawback – a contractual provision A clawback is a contractual provision whereby money already paid to an employee must be returned to an employer or benefactor, sometimes with a penalty.…
ArchitectureDolmabahçe Palace, Istanbul, Turkey Dolmabahçe Palace (Turkish: Dolmabahçe Sarayı, IPA: doɫmabahˈtʃe saɾaˈjɯ) was built between 1843 and 1856, at a time when life was not convenient or comforting for…
EconomicsX-inefficiency – degree of efficiency X-inefficiency refers to the degree of efficiency maintained by firms under conditions of imperfect competition. It is the divergence of a firm’s observed behavior in…
FinanceCost Of Preferred Stock The cost of a company’s preferred stock is essentially the price it pays in exchange for the revenue it gets from issuing and selling the…
Plants and AnimalsBigger Bumblebees Are More Choosy About Which Flowers They Visit The view of a pollen-laden blowing from flower to flower in the summer months is a pleasant sight, as these vague friends are important for…
Plants and AnimalsIncredibly well-preserved young owl rhinoceros revealed by Melting Permafrost An incredibly well-preserved worm rhinoceros with many internal organs are still exposed through the Siberian molten permafrost. According to the Siberian Times, the Ice Age…
Plants and AnimalsIllegal Elephant Ivory Is Still Being Disguised and Sold On eBay Despite 11-Year Ban The online auction marketplace eBay has banned the sale of elephant ivory for a decade, but new research published in the journal Tropical Conservation Research…
Plants and AnimalsDwarf Giraffes Found In the Wild for the First Time While conducting a photographic survey of the giraffe population in Uganda’s Murchison Falls National Park, a team of researchers noticed something unusual. One of the wild…
Plants and Animals12 Otherworldly New Species Discovered In the Depths of the Atlantic Ocean After years of expanding the depths of the Atlantic Ocean, scientists have discovered at least 12 deep-sea species that were previously unknown to science. Their…
EconomicsProductive Efficiency – an economic system Productive efficiency is concerned with producing goods and services with the optimal combination of inputs to produce maximum output for the minimum cost. It is…
ChemistryBenzenesulfonic Acid The simplest member of the class of benzene sulfonic acids consisting of benzene carrying a single sulfon group is benzenesulfonic acid (conjugate base benzenesulfonate). With…
ChemistrySilver – a chemical element Silver is a chemical element with the symbol Ag and atomic number 47. It is a chemical element, a white lustrous metal valued for its…