Risk Management

Risk Management

Limnic eruption
When Cameroon's Lakes Monoun and Nyos exploded, they released clouds of carbon dioxide that suffocated everything in its wake.
crypto black market
Argentina's black market for cash is embracing crypto — but it's not what crypto proponents expected.
A food safety researcher explains another way to know what’s too old to eat.
agile learning
Agile learning enables an organization to pivot quickly in response to changes in technology, economic conditions, market demand, and more.
Cycling – active transportation or death trap?
opioid epidemic
"This fourth wave will be worse than it’s ever been before."
oldest trees
1859's Carrington event gave us a preview of how catastrophic the Sun could be for humanity. But it could get even worse than we imagined.
Here's what the weather phenomenon baking large parts of the country actually means.
statins
A doctor once joked that statins will be added to the water supply. Humor aside, the data shows that statins really are a "wonder drug."
hyperloop
The Hyperloop is physically possible, but engineering challenges will make its construction very difficult. Also, accidents would be catastrophic.
The site will be the first working example of a geological disposal facility.
geopolitics finance
Geopolitics is not a magic 8-ball. But making financial decisions — such as those regarding retirement — in a multipolar world without geopolitics is akin to flying blind in a storm.
NEO Surveyor
Most potentially hazardous asteroids remain unidentified. NEO surveyor could change that, but only if it's funded, and soon.
You can’t control external threats, but you can manage how you prepare and respond to the risk.
hacked satellite
"Dead" satellites aren't just space junk. They are also targets for hackers to hijack and use to broadcast misinformation.
5g airplanes
In general, 5G is not a threat to human health or activities, but there are some legitimate questions about interference with airplane instruments.
lab leak SARS-CoV-2
We don't know with 100% certainty where SARS-CoV-2 first came from or how it first infected humans. But not all options are equally likely.
A drip in a hospital
The model is almost eight hours ahead of a doctor's recognition of a patient's deterioration.
A woman stands looking at her phone in the center of an artistic display of data.
“Think defensively about how you can protect yourself from an almost inevitable attack, rather than assuming you’ll avoid harm.”
Forget little green men: These scientists say we should be more worried about little green germs.
A person turning meat in a frying pan illustrating why deep fried turkeys explode
A chemist explains the real reason your family dinner is such a risky ordeal.
management training
With the right management training program, organizations can empower leaders with the skills they need to succeed — giving everyone on the team a leg up.
How to protect earth from an asteroid
“Should they strike, each of them has an energy at impact equal to all of the nuclear weapons on Earth combined."
uncertainty
We pretend to be in control, but we have frighteningly little knowledge upon which to base our life’s decisions.
Over the coming decades, over 100,000 new satellites are expected. For countless millennia, whenever we were faced with a clear, cloudless, moonless night, all of humanity was able to witness […]
The sacrifices of early astronauts paved the way for Apollo’s successes, and so much more. In all of history, only 24 humans have ever escaped Earth’s gravity. The very first launch […]
If you forgot to defrost your turkey, definitely don’t put it in a deep fryer. Every year, households all across the United States face a troubling dilemma with no good solutions: […]
Too little breathing room, tear gas, and insufficient masks are a recipe for disaster. Police are worsening all three. Across the nation and the world, people of all skin colors are […]
If we’re going to open major workplaces, we have to be ready for this enormous information gap. When it comes to knowing your medical status, the ideal scenario is to […]
Visiting even one friend can undo all the good work that social distancing has accomplished. Over the past few months, people all over the world have come to realize just […]