Here he explains why humans are so bad at dealing with unlikely events, and the assumptions we make that can often trip us up. You may have noticed that we humans are not always adept at dealing ...

Playwright Sean Devine’s Except in the Unlikely Event of War is overflowing with intelligence and wit. Really, overflowing; for all of their abundance and appeal, its ideas could be better ...

Chechnya's Kremlin-backed leader Ramzan Kadyrov has said he is ready to step in if necessary and ensure that Syria gets the ...

The Dow Jones Industrial Average and other indexes saw some gains fade at market close Wednesday after the Federal Reserve held rates steady and Fed Chair Jerome Powell wasn't as hawkish as many ...

The latest data from the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean continues to show very little reason to expect a full blown La Niña in the next few months, according to World Weather Inc. Neutral ENSO ...