The MaddAddam Trilogy by Margaret Atwood, which includes Oryx and Crake (2003), The Year of the Flood (2009) and MaddAddam (2013), is a masterwork of speculative fiction by the author of The Handmaid's Tale.
In the absence of hard and fast numbers--as opposed to all this admittedly speculative research--when it comes to adultery, here's the real question for the ladies out there: Have you ever cheated and well, kept mum about the damn thing?
However, the palace, which typically does not respond to speculative stories, denied that the argument had taken place.
As a consequence, explanations of the observed phenomenon remained speculative and interest waned with the advent of chemical fertilizers and pesticides to achieve mass agricultural production.
I concluded, at length, that the mere speculative conviction that it was our interest to be completely virtuous, was not sufficient to prevent our slipping; and that the contrary habits must be broken, and good ones acquired and established, before we can have any dependence on a steady, uniform rectitude of conduct.
"This is speculative, but from an evolutionary perspective one of the roles of hair loss is to provide warmth," he says.
The concept that RA is generated outside the joints is speculative, they said.
China's central bank announced tightened housing mortgage rules last Friday to curb speculative purchases in Beijing's property market and control credit risk.
Like Beijing, Guangzhou, Shijiazhuang and Zhengzhou announced similar measures to contain speculative buying in the residential segment of the property industry, and thereby ensure housing remains a necessity for personal use, not an investment avenue.
, consumer over-spending, speculative real estate investing, fragile lending practices, a weakening dollar, low supply of oil, etc.
Nationwide, soaring property prices have forced local governments to introduce a series of measures to reduce speculative buying.
Chinese authorities introduced a slew of measures in October to rein in house prices and contain speculative house purchases, including purchase limits and tougher mortgage limits.
In the wake of the financial crisis, following a furious speculative boom, property prices slumped, losing 40 per cent in the first three months of 2009 alone, according to the agency Knight Frank.
The team's fictional speculative device is set against an online dating backdrop and is designed, in theory, to determine how the first interaction is going.
"China's latest speculative spike has stunned global markets," said Tom Price.
"It may be the PBoC senses that speculative pressure has diminished or that closer monitoring of capital flows has helped slow the [out]flow[s]," Mark Williams, China economist at Capital Economics, said in a note.
The speculative fiction enjoys increasing popularity in China season after season since its first release in 2011.
At this point, the theory is still very speculative, and additional geological data is needed to buttress it, Fan said.
"I would argue everyone in China is a speculative trader," says Fraser Howie, co-author of Red Capitalism who's worked as a broker and trader in Asian markets for 15 years.