Discover how tail risk impacts portfolios, why rare financial events matter, and strategies for safeguarding investments against significant, unexpected losses.

To many experts, the U.S. economy is looking increasingly "K-shaped," with bifurcation between growth and wealth in its upper echelons as lower-income households continue on a downward path that could ...

The same pulling force that causes “tears” in a glass of wine also shapes embryos. It’s another example of how genes exploit mechanical forces for growth and development. Sip a glass of wine, and you ...

State officials promise large-scale involuntary addiction and mental health treatment at Salt Lake City’s edge. Critics see “a prison, or a warehouse.” State officials promise large-scale involuntary ...

In this post, we will show you how to change the Normal Template (Normal.dotm) in Word on a Windows 11/10 PC. Normal.dotm (or Normal.dot in older versions) is the default Microsoft Word Macro-Enabled ...

Sam Hampton receives funding from the Economics and Social Research Council. He is affiliated with the University of Oxford and University of Bath. Tina Fawcett currently receives funding from UKRI.

When you’re feeling sick and wondering whether to go to work or school, the thermometer often has the final verdict. Most people have been taught a body temperature of 98.6 Fahrenheit is normal, while ...

The 2024-2025 Great Lakes ice season has seen near-normal ice cover, a change from recent years with record lows. Ice cover peaked in February at just over 50% due to a polar vortex. Climate change ...

Durham University provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation UK. What we think of as “normal” body shape is affected by what we’re accustomed to – the range of body shapes we see. My ...

Researchers in France discovered that Synechococcus bacteria can alter their pigments to adapt to different ocean light colors This ability allows them to thrive in varying light conditions, leading ...