• GQ

    Why Venting When You’re Mad Just Makes It Worse

    When you’re mad as hell, it’s human nature to want to tell someone about it. Many work friendships have started over mutual venting about the boss. But while your gut reaction may be to send a “this guy” Slack to your commiserating buddy every time something (or more likely, someone) pisses you off at work, it’s probably not going to make you feel any less peeved. According to new research that took into account 154 different studies on anger, venting isn’t an effective way to get rid of anger....

  • Premarital sex could make your life worse than your parents’!

    My darling, precious, glorious, dignified, world-famous, and heavenly celebrated Nigerian sisters, There’s this 19-year-old girl who got into the family way when she was 17. Whenever I see her, I feel so sad because of what may likely befall her and how her life is likely to have reversed, the pain she would have to Read More

  • The fungi in our guts can make cases of Covid worse

    The immune system can get kicked into overdrive when the fungi run riot.

  • Fake It Till You Make It: AI's Disinformation Risk For Elections

    Meta's Nick Clegg told an event in London the social media giant isn't

    • CNBC

    Blackstone President Jon Gray: The Fed's policy has been effective

    Jon Gray, Blackstone president and COO, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the company's quarterly earnings results, growth outlook, state of private credit, commercial real estate and real estate market at large, impact of elevated interest rates, the Fed's rate path outlook, and more.

  • Breakfast briefing: Risks facing the global economy pile up

    China new yuan lending underwhelms; China exports drop; India industrial production up; US sentiment dips; bitcoin falls; UST 10yr 4.52%; gold slips but oil holds; NZ$1 = 59.3 USc; TWI-5 = 69.2

    • DVIDS

    From Analysis to Action: Enhancing Decision-Making with Risk-Informed Strategies

    ALEXANDRIA, Va. (April 18, 2024) - A white paper was released in February 2024 titled “Enhancing Risk-Informed Decision Making in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Policy Review and Recommendations, through the IWR’s Water Resources Center. This paper takes a closer look at how risk-informed decision-making can improve risk related policies. The white paper looks at communication, risk tolerance, understanding uncertainty, and integrating risk-informed decision-making throughout the entire life...

  • What is cloud seeding? Did cloud seeding make the Dubai flooding worse?

    The UAE has been using cloud seeding since the 1990s to increase rainfall. Some are wondering if it is behind the historic flooding that hit Dubai.

  • Companies are using inflation to price-gouge Americans – and making it worse

    Thanks to near-monopolies in many industries, corporations are seeing record profits as consumers struggle with high pricesWe learned this week that the Consumer Price Index climbed 3.5% in March from a year earlier, up from 3.2% in February, and faster than most economists anticipated.This poses a conundrum for central bankers who have made it clear they want to see further evidence that inflation is cooling before they cut interest rates.Robert Reich, a former US secretary of labor, is a...

  • China's Solar Surge Is Making a Missing Power Data Problem Worse

    The boom in renewable energy installations in China is exacerbating a

  • China's Solar Surge Is Making a Missing Power Data Problem Worse

    The boom in renewable energy installations in China is exacerbating a

  • Donald Trump Making Inroads With Young Voters—Economy a Key Issue

    The great Winston Churchill was reputed to have observed, "If a man at twenty is not a liberal, then he has no heart. If a man at forty is not a conservative, then he has no brain." That's an apocryphal statement, of course, but that doesn't mean it's untrue. Younger people tend to skew more politically to the left than their elders - at least, if you look at the broad strokes. But there is also a political pendulum that swings back and forth; as recently as the '80s, there was a trend wherein...