Opinion: Practicing Factfulness based on data.
In 1915, chemistry lost its innocence when mustard gas poisoned British troops in Ypres, Belgium. Physics lost its innocence in 1945 amongst the radioactive rubble of Hiroshima, Japan. Public health…
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Combines self reported data and information such as heart rate, from fitness trackers and smart phones to identify potential Covid-19 infections: Source: Early results from DETECT study suggest fitness trackers…
The shift to remote work has led some companies to come up with quick digital solutions for tasks that have become hard to tackle during the coronavirus pandemic. Source: Emptying…
Politicians, who do not understand what they are doing, are likely to pursue policy options that are costly and accomplish little. There are better ways but it is unclear whether…
Standard wood sided homes with a shake roof are easily burned by wild fires. Homes can, however, be built to be highly fire resistant through the use of non-flammable roofing…
The problem with reliance on models and simulations: "Model-land is a hypothetical world in which our simulations are perfect, an attractive fairy-tale state of mind in which optimising a simulation…
"High tech" and "bio tech" sectors see large growth in R&D spending, although it may be driven in part by tax law changes.
When a blizzard knocked out lines and plunged his father’s customers into darkness in 1937, young Jack watched as his dad enlisted local hams to coordinate repairs. That so much…
A new study found the average founder of the fastest growing tech startups was about 45-years-old — and 50-year-old entrepreneurs were about twice as likely to have a runaway business…