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  1. What's a logarithmic curve and how does it help explain the …

    Apr 3, 2020 · A logarithmic graph can also help make it clear if the apparent evening-out of the curve started to change. While a linear curve would keep on pushing ever higher regardless, …

  2. War is killing fewer people than ever before | World Economic Forum

    Jun 23, 2015 · The World Economic Forum is an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic and …

  3. Do we need a new Marshall Plan to rebuild Europe after COVID-19?

    Apr 9, 2020 · In the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, the European Union is looking at how it can rebuild the continent’s economies in the years after the pandemic – and it says a plan …

  4. What does the data tell us about COVID-19? | World Economic …

    Apr 8, 2020 · Whereas a linear scale graph will produce a near-vertical line to represent the exponential spread of the coronavirus, logarithmic scales even out the rapid growth making it …

  5. How have European countries responded to the COVID-19 crisis?

    Apr 24, 2020 · What's a logarithmic graph and how does it help explain the spread of COVID-19? Will COVID-19 lead to the global resurgence of other deadly diseases? A professor of …

  6. The global growth story of the 21st century | World Economic Forum

    Jan 13, 2023 · Large-scale deployment of low-carbon technologies, enabled and accelerated by artificial intelligence and digital enablers, will transform energy, transport, production, built …

  7. Climate change: How expensive is renewable energy? | World …

    Dec 4, 2020 · On a logarithmic axis a measure that declines exponentially follows a straight line. This straight line that represents the relationship between experience – measured as the …

  8. The Arc of Progress in the 21st Century | World Economic Forum

    Jun 12, 2025 · Looking at global headlines today, it’s hard not to feel pessimism. Have recent wars, pandemics and autocracies made the idea of progress obsolete? Cognitive scientist …

  9. An expert explains: Why does Haiti get so many earthquakes?

    Aug 18, 2021 · Though the quake in 2010 measured 7.0, the Richter scale is logarithmic, meaning that Saturday's earthquake released twice as much energy as the previous one. It was felt in …

  10. Cybersecurity must begin with hardware. Here's why

    Dec 19, 2019 · The staggering growth of microprocessor complexity since 1970 (note the logarithmic y-axis) Image: Karl Rupp et al. Reducing feature size has been so successful that …

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