Transportation and handling of LNG is not a zero-risk activity because of both potential accidents and intentional events, but new risk-based analysis approaches make risks that cannot be eliminated ...

Risk-based decision is the idea that it makes more sense to take certain risks in certain situations and less sense to take other risks in those same situations. For example, if you are in your house ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

Insight provides an in-depth look at health care issues in and affecting California. Have a story suggestion? Let us know. Just last week, it seemed OK to have lunch out or maybe meet up with friends ...

"Fear is a very powerful weapon. Fear doesn't give you the freedom to decide... Don't act of out fear." —The Sea Inside (2004) Decision-Making: Cognitive and Emotional How do we make decisions? Many ...

Chemical regulations exist to safeguard human and environmental health throughout a substance’s life cycle (manufacture, intended use phase, and disposal). Regulatory decisions require scientific ...

Concerned about deep cutbacks at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and “a move away from science-based decision making,” ...

Pretrial risk assessment algorithms are intended to help judges make more informed decisions, but researchers have raised concerns not only about the fairness and accuracy of the tools themselves, but ...