Risk and risk management
Climate Collapse & Adaptation
Is it possible to adapt to the inevitable like climate collapse? We do it all the time, and everyone living will do it at least once.
Financial Times Screeches at China’s “Propaganda” for Sticking to Zero Covid Policy
A new article on how China is sticking to its zero Covid guns is revealing, and not in a good way.
Climate Science and Financial Risk: Forging a Path to More Climate-Resilient Businesses
Is the search for better valuations of climate risks to help businesses reducing global emissions an exercise in self-delusion?
The Worrying Murkiness of Institutional Biosafety Committees
Experts say institutional biosafety committees are a crucial to ensuring the safety of biomedical research. Critics say they are too opaque.
New IPCC Report Highlights Urgency of Climate Change Impacts
IPCC: Missing Paris targets would harm human health and biodiversity worldwide, and risk irreversible losses sooner than previously thought.
What Happens If a Cryptocurrency Exchange Files for Bankruptcy?
Law professor Adam Levitin explains why cyptocurrency exchange customers face a world of hurt if their exchange fails.
Nuclear Power Is Clean, Safe and Cheap. We Need It to Stop Global Heating
Climate activist: The arguments made against nuclear power today are the same as I was making a decade ago, and I was wrong.
Covid Situation Continuing to Develop Not Necessarily to the Officialdom’s Advantage
The new Covid news isn't better than the old Covid news, and some is actually disconcerting.
How 5G Puts Airplanes at Risk – An Electrical Engineer Explains
More on the 5G rollout controversy.
Book Review: Why Our Emotions Are So Powerful
Science writer Leonard Mlodinow explores our emotions'’ ability to spur intelligent, nuanced action.