Cash in hand
By The Economist online THE euro, despite its current travails, is the world's most abundant currency when measured by the value of its banknotes and coins in circulation, according to the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). Nearly $1.2 trillion-worth of euros was floating about at the end of 2010. Japan's yen and America's dollar were close behind at around $1 trillion each. On average, cas
Don’t hate me because I’m beautiful
AT WORK, as in life, attractive women get a lot of the breaks. Studies have shown that they are more likely to be promoted than their plain-Jane colleagues. Because people tend to project positive traits onto them, such as sensitivity and poise, they may also be at an advantage in job interviews. The only downside to hotness is having to fend off ghastly male colleagues; or so many people think. B
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Thirty lost souls
MADAGASCAR is renowned for its unusual animals, particularly its lemurs, a group of primates extinct elsewhere on the planet. Its human population, though, is equally unusual. The island was one of the last places on Earth to be settled, receiving its earliest migrants in the middle of the first millennium AD. Moreover, despite Madagascar's proximity to Africa (400km, or 250 miles, at the closest
Speak, friend, and enter
Speak, friend, and enterComputer passwords need to be memorable and secure. Most people’s are the first but not the second. Researchers are trying to make it easier for them to be both PASSWORDS are ubiquitous in computer security. All too often, they are also ineffective. A good password has to be both easy to remember and hard to guess, but in practice people seem to plump for the former over th
The sun never sets
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Legal high
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