We all remember the disaster in Fukushima. The questions are: What happened really there? and What did we learn from it? Nuclear power has long been touted as the energy saviour in terms of environmental impact and capacity generation. The incident at Chernobyl nearly 30 years ago cast huge doubts over the safety - and wisdom - of relying on nuclear power too heavily. The recent Fukushima disaster raised the spectre of nuclear safety and the possibly horrendous fallout and consequences from a major nuclear accident for the world to consider and worry about all over again.

Is homeschooling a reasonable alternative to the classical school system? Estimates suggest there are at least 1.5m Americans who have turned to homeschooling for their children. Whether this is due to a perceived failing in the state education system, religious or political convictions or the need to accommodate some special need of the student or family, it is an issue that causes controversy and, undoubtedly raises very serious questions about the state of future generations of American citizens. Advocates of the system claim it improves the education of the child, shapes it more to their...

Did you observe new Startups burning Millions in just a few days? This is what happened more than once in recent years, however sometimes startups are successful. If you are seriously thinking about starting your own business you need to give deep consideration to a lot of factors before taking the plunge. A very high percentage of start-ups fail - often in a very short space of time. And the reasons for failure are numerous and wide-ranging. If you don't give sufficient thought and planning to your new venture it is very likely that you will be among them. It is always helpful to know of...

Big brother is watching you Unfortunately this is no fiction anymore, but part of our daily lifes. The issue of how increased security precautions impact on individual privacy is a crucial one for Americans - and many others around the world. Since 9/11 security surveillance and access to personal information by government and their agencies has increased and become, in some people's eyes, more intrusive and unacceptably controlling and monitoring. To understand the full range and potential impact of these changes it is necessary to look across a very wide spectrum of data and opinion. This...

The Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare as it has come to be known, has split American society, politics and media like no other subject in living memory. It is not just the concept itself as there is a pretty general recognition that healthcare needed reforming in the US. It is more the nature and implications of the system that seem to have stirred up a veritable hornets nest of protest - even outrage. Some will see in the extreme reaction of the Republican party, especially the more right-wing elements, an idealogical stance that has more to do with a hatred of big government, state spending...

You might only have heard this expression recently (indeed you might never had heard of it) but, apparently this is a concept that has been around for some time.The term was coined around the turn of the millennium and refers to the potential interconnectivity of basically all electronic devices and capacity to record, monitor and transmit information between them to achieve all manner of wonderful (and maybe not-so-wonderful) outcomes. There is a fair degree of polarization of views on both the likelihood and the desirability of this development. Those in favour reckon it could save...

The story of humankind is, ultimately, a story of advancement, progress and triumph. But it wasn't achieved quickly nor in a straight upward line. There have been times when homo sapien has been on the verge of extinction. And times when it looked as if it might extinguish itself. We have come a long way in the fifteen millions years or so since our very distant ancestors decided that living on the ground looked like a better bet than an arboreal existence. The struggle in the early years was probably hard and threatened the existence of the species; but these very challenges are possibly...

Sleep is an indispensable attribute of human activity. The more research that is done about sleeping the more important a role it seems to play in mental and physical wellbeing. Yet problems with sleep are extremely common; from newborn babies to the elderly, problems with getting to sleep and having peaceful, quality rest manifest themselves frequently. How to deal with these issues and ensure that you and your children and family enjoy productive and restful sleep is what this book is about. From techniques in managing the sleep of babies to cures for insomnia - and all the dos and don'ts...

In today's competitive environment no business can afford to ignore marketing. The discipline, which was devised as a business adjunct in the 1950s but didn't really start spreading until the 60s, now forms a crucial pillar of business management, planning and strategy. It is woven into the fabric of all business function, whether we realize it or not, and successful companies leverage its effect by applying the principles right throughout the business process. Some of it might be seen as commonsense (though commonsense is actually quite uncommon ) but the structure, concepts and systems...