Should you be worried about Bird Flu (H5N1)?

For the short answer, the TL;DR; version, the answer is potentially yes, but don’t panic … yet. COVID is now thankfully under control due to our ability to rapidly create and distribute vaccines that worked very well. It caught many by surprise because it rapidly emerged and spread, and so people are now appropriately conscious … Read more

Sea level rise – Millions at risk by 2100

Millions at risk by 2100 from sea level rise

A new peer-reviewed paper published on 29th Oct within Nature Communications highlights the risk that millions face from sea level rise by 2100. Titled “New elevation data triple estimates of global vulnerability to sea-level rise and coastal flooding“, the paper translates sea level rise projections into actual exposures. Highlights As a result of heat-trapping pollution … Read more

The Cambridge Project for Existential Risk

Concerned that developments in human technology may soon pose new, extinction-level risks to our species as a whole, Astronomer Royal Martin Rees, Cambridge University philosopher Huw Price, and Skype co-founder Jaan Tallinn have formed The Cambridge Project for Existential Risk … “These dangers have been suggested from progress in AI, from developments in biotechnology and artificial … Read more