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  Marcel Schwantes Tribune News Service Let me ask you: What personal attributes would you say give you a competitive edge? Is it your persuasiveness? Emotional intelligence? Drive to achieve? Is it the ability to understand how Millennials think and how best to lead them? So many of us have untapped, X-men-like skills and abilities that we have yet to ...

Bloomberg Swimming with whale sharks in Mexico. Gorilla trekking in Rwanda. Tracking pumas in Patagonia. Animals motivate us to make pilgrimages to the ends of the earth, filling our bucket lists and our Instagram feeds in equal measure. When carried out responsibly, travel can help ensure the future of these awe-inspiring creatures and their habitats. But too often, thoughtless or ...

  Mainz / DPA Gardeners at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz in Germany are attempting to bring to life a 15th-century herb garden partly based on Arab medical traditions. In their botanical gardens they’ve planted more than 70 plants featured in a 1485 book — published in the German city of Mainz — called Gart der Gesundheit (Garden of ...

  Accra / AFP Excess and waste are usually considered symptomatic of the affluent West but trained chef Elijah Amoo Addo knows these are problems too in his home country, Ghana.One day he saw a homeless man collecting food scraps to feed others in the capital, Accra. Watching someone pick up food no-one else would eat for people no-one was ...

  Eurajoki / AFP Deep underground on a lush green island, Finland is preparing to bury its highly-radioactive nuclear waste for 100,000 years — sealing it up and maybe even throwing away the key.Tiny Olkiluoto, off Finland’s west coast, will become home to the world’s costliest and longest-lasting burial ground, a network of tunnels called Onkalo — Finnish for “The ...

  Bloomberg Developers first placed solar panels on water years ago to address land-based space constraints. Now, they’re finding floating plants may be more efficient. In a year-long study in Hyogo prefecture north of Osaka, solar panels installed on a reservoir generated 14 percent more power than those set up on the rooftop of an office building, according to the ...

  Bloomberg Growing up in a fishing village along the Yangtze River in Chongqing, PengJianhu used to clamber down to the water from his home perched on wooden stilts and nestled into the riverbank’s steep cliffs. For Peng, the nation’s largest river system is an economic wellspring, linking his home to bustling coastal markets some 1,400 km (870 miles) to ...

  Ottobrunn / DPA The race is on to produce an aviation fuel from algae that could power the passenger jets of the future. By creating a cycle that absorbs as much CO2 as it generates, algae fuel would cut out fossil fuel and help beat global warming. Thomas Brueck heads one of several research groups working on different projects. ...

  Marcel Schwantes / TNS I hear a lot of language about how leaders “drive performance.” It’s a popular business buzz term. Yet over the years, I’ve learned that driving no longer holds a favorable place in democratic,collaborative cultures.If you think about it, we drive cattle, cars and trucks; they have no say because “we’re in charge.” We push them ...

  Dubai / AFP Domes inspired by the royal palaces of India rise from a new Bollywood theme park under construction in Dubai, part of a drive to lure millions more tourists to the emirate. It already boasts opulent shopping malls and numerous luxury resorts, but the Gulf city-state has even grander ambitions and the film industry is centre stage. ...