A strange game to play

A teenager learns that an AI is bent on “winning the game” with civilization-ending consequences in the 1983 movie “War Games, and its lesson that the only way to win the game is not to play may ring true in the current age of AI.

Let your kids play

Parents want to protect their kids, but over-protection stunts their development. We have to let our children embrace risk to develop judgement, perseverance, independence and sharing skills.

How poor risk communication endangers our health

Some experts explain risks and scientific concepts very well, but sometimes their efforts to communicate fall well short – and this can cause problems. So what does it take for experts to do a good job communicating risks about cleaning up contaminated land to non-experts, and how important is it that they do so?

Getting real on the strawberry needle risk

Instances of strawberries being sabotaged with sewing needles has sparked a national scare in Australia, but perceptions of risk and actual risk can be very different things