This article looks at how forecasting techniques can mitigate cognitive biases and improve decision-making procedures, using evidence-based forecasting ana

Hundreds of thousands of people in Sudan are bracing for their city to be overrun by a militia notorious for committing atrocities.

The Food Security and Farm Protection Act is a dangerous bill that was just introduced in the U.S. Senate. Despite its new name, this bill is identical to the dangerous Ending Agricultural Trade Suppr...

Answering this question is essential to public health, but people keep getting it wrong.

Scientists say finding is ‘very concerning’ as collapse would be catastrophic for Europe, Africa and the Americas

Are generic medications interchangeable with one another and with brand-name drugs? If you think they are, Katherine Eban’s “Bottle of Lies” might cause you to reconsider.

Global carbon dioxide intensity declined from 2015 to 2024 following the Paris Agreement, but total emissions still increased due to economic growth, according to a global analysis of population, gros...

America’s cancer research system, which has helped save millions of lives, is under threat in one of its most productive moments.

A “raw, tensely plotted, profound high-wire act of a book” (Téa Obreht) on the intricacies of marriage, class, and race, and just how far ...

Women are more likely to take on behind-the-scenes duties at work—extra tasks like onboarding or event planning—and it's hurting their careers. Here's how to say no.

Objectives This paper offers novel experimental evidence that violent crimes can be successfully reduced by changing the situational environment that potential victims and offenders face. We focus on ...

The meat industry has a PTSD problem.

Assistant Professor of Political ScienceThe Institute of Political Science at the Faculty of Social Sciences at Leiden University is currently looking for at least two (2) assistant professors in Poli...

If Israel’s abhorrent plan to “destroy” #Gaza is implemented, the future question will be, “How could world leaders have allowed that to happen?” – “And everyone will know the answer,” writes Andrew S...

Is it beneficial to prosecute current and former heads of state for atrocity? Some argue that prosecutions are a necessary response that affirms the rule of law and sets boundaries of appropriate beha...

Agnès Callamard, Secretary General at Amnesty International Dr Agnès Callamard is Secretary General at Amnesty International. She leads the organization’s human rights work and is its chief spokespers...

Nature - Models estimate the ginormous potential impact of foreign-aid cuts.

Assistant Professor in Peace Studies, Conflict Resolution, and International Relations (0.8 - 1.0fte)The Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA) is looking for an assistant professor with rese...

The world is likely to see millions more malaria infections and 200,000 cases of paralytic polio each year, according to an agency whistle-blower.

I’ve seen U.S.A.I.D. operate around the world, and it’s not woke — it’s lifesaving.

The talk will take place on 22 January 2025 and explores how civil servants navigated competing pressures and duties amid the chaos of the first Trump administration, drawing on over 100 in-depth inte...

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