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Date Time New principles regarding fossil fuels to guide Yale’s endowment The Yale Board of Trustees last week approved a new set of ethical investment principles (PDF) to guide the university’s decisions concerning companies producing fossil fuels. The five principles, recommended by an expert faculty panel appointed in October by President Peter Salovey, create new standards for the activities, behaviors, and characteristics of fossil fuel companies that would warrant divestment. The principles establish a framework through which Yale can encourage fossil fuel producers to adopt more su...

Source: The Conversation – UK – By Benjamin Hess, PhD Candidate, Earth & Planetary Sciences, Yale University The origin of life on Earth is one of the most complex puzzles facing scientists. It involves not only identifying the numerous chemical reactions that must take place to create a replicating organism, but also finding realistic sources for the ingredients needed for each of the reactions. One particular problem that has long faced scientists who study the origin of life is the source of the elusive element, phosphorus. Phosphorus is an important element for basic cell struct...