Fast Facts For Curious Minds

BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS

  • What Is Wrong About Open Office Spaces?
    By Claire Garcia
    Open office spaces have benefits or advantages. However, in certain situations and from another perspective, this floor plan configuration has limitations or problems and disadvantages affecting both individual employees and in general, the organization involved. The Criticisms and Disadvantages of ...
  • The Economy of Vatican City Explained
    By Akeem Abad
    How does the economy of Vatican City work? What are the economic activities? How does it earn revenues? What are the public expenses? How does it operate and maintain relevant government functions? The city-state enclaved within Rome is not only the smallest sovereign state in the world in terms of ...
  • The Strategy and Success of Cirque du Soleil
    By Akeem Abad
    The Canadian entertainment and traveling circus company Cirque du Soleil is one of the prime examples of an organization demonstrating the effectiveness of a strategy based on unlocking new market demand and making competition irrelevant. When the circus company was founded by former circus ...
  • Tesla Missed 2024 Sales Target. Cybertruck Disappoints
    By Claire Garcia
    2024 was not a remarkable year for Tesla. The company experienced a decline in its annual sales for the first time in a decade with fewer vehicle deliveries compared to 2023. Figures from its Q4 2024 report showed that it was short of the 515000 units needed for the quarter to surpass the full-year ...
  • SWOT Analysis of Nike
    By Claire Garcia
    Nike is the largest supplier of athletic shoes and apparel in the world. It is also one of the largest companies in the global apparel industry. Furthermore, considering the sheer size of its operations, extensive global market reach, and established brand, it has been considered the most valuable ...
  • SWOT Analysis of Apple
    By Claire Garcia
    Apple is a household name. It is behind some of the most iconic products of the modern digital age. These include the MacBook, the iPod and iTunes, and the iPhone. Some of these products are even disruptive when they were first introduced. The fact that Apple is one of the most valuable companies ...
  • Macroeconomics and Microeconomics: The Difference
    By Immanuel Martinez
    Economics is divided into two main branches based on scope. These are macroeconomics and microeconomics. For starters, macroeconomics deals with the economy as a whole, while microeconomics focuses on the behavior of and interactions among firms and individuals. The Difference Between ...
  • TIPS: How to Achieve Competitive Advantage?
    By Claire Garcia
    How can a business outcompete its competitors? What are the ways a business can achieve a competitive advantage? What are the sources of competitive advantage? Examples of How Businesses Create or Achieve and Maintain a Competitive Advantage 1. Technology and Innovation: Businesses achieves ...

HEALTH AND MEDICINE

  • Man on Keto Diet Fed with Oreos Showed Lower LDL Cholesterol
    By Franz Williams
    Two researchers wanted to know how adding a little carbohydrate affects the different cholesterol levels of certain individuals on a low-carb diet. This pursuit involved supplementing a man on a ketogenic diet with Oreo cookies. The results showed that his LDL cholesterol level was lower. The level ...
  • 6 Supplements, Including Turmeric and Green Tea, Are Toxic to the Liver
    By Franz Williams
    You better think twice before purchasing and taking food supplements without consulting your physician. Researchers from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor identified 6 common herbal or botanical supplements known for hepatoxicity in their literature review. These are turmeric, green tea, ...
  • Targeting Advanced Cancers With Bioengineered Salmonella
    By Franz Williams
    Current cancer treatments like chemotherapy often have severe side effects because they affect not only cancer cells but also healthy cells. This is the reason why several research undertakings have focused on finding and developing novel and alternative treatment options that are safer and better. ...
  • Health At Every Size: The 5 Principles of HAES
    By Franz Williams
    The Association for Size Diversity and Health or ASDAH has developed and promoted the Health At Every Size or HAES approach as a central element of its advocacy to end discrimination and stigma related to weight, lessen the cultural obsession with weight loss and thinness, and promote acceptance of ...
  • Pet Dogs as Spreaders of Antimicrobial-Resistant Salmonella?
    By Franz Williams
    Companion animals can transmit zoonotic pathogens. These are disease-causing microorganisms that pass between animals and humans. The same is true for household or pet dogs. Hence, researchers from Pennsylvania State University investigated how the close contact between dogs and humans, combined ...
  • Korean Researchers Reversed Cancer Cells Into Normal Cells
    By Franz Williams
    Researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology led by Kwang-Hyun Cho of the Department of Bio and Brain Engineering have developed a technology that reverses colon cancer cells into normal cells without damaging them. Their findings are detailed in an article published in ...
  • Ketogenic Diet: The Drawbacks and Dangers
    By Franz Williams
    Ketogenic diet or keto diet has numerous benefits or advantages that confer several health benefits and medical applications, especially in the management of epilepsy, metabolic disorders, and by extension, in weight management. However, this diet is not for everyone due to its drawbacks and ...
  • 7 Ways Smoking Damages the Skin
    By Suzanne Garcia
    Smoking is bad for health. However, others are not to keen to heed this warning. Perhaps, knowing how tobacco smoking damages the skin can help some smokers to quit the habit. How Smoking Ruins the Skin? How Does it Affect Skin Health? 1. Smoking damages the skin by breaking down a group of ...