Technology/Science
Chance of El Niño Now Up to 70%, Says U.S. Climate Center
A U.S. government weather forecaster on Thursday raised its forecast for the chance of El Niño conditions during the Northern Hemisphere summer to 70 percent, up from a 60 percent chance last month, ...
Cool Atlantic Could Mean Very Quiet Hurricane Season: CSU Forecast
The Atlantic Ocean may have one of its quietest hurricane seasons in decades because of cooler water in the Atlantic and an El Nino in the Pacific, Colorado State University forecasters said. William ...
Asia Growth Expected from Beazley Lloyd’s Syndicate Pact With Korean Re
Beazley and Korean Re announced a partnership to develop business together and to set up a special purpose syndicate at Lloyd's, Syndicate 6050. "We hope this collaboration will enable Beazley to ...
Amazon Gets Fresh Approval for Drone Tests
Amazon.com Inc. has won approval from U.S. federal regulators to test a delivery drone outdoors, less than a month after the e-commerce powerhouse blasted regulators for being slow to approve ...
RMS Releases Latest Europe Windstorm and North Atlantic Hurricane Models
Catastrophe risk modeler RMS has released version 15.0 of its RMS Europe Windstorm and RMS North Atlantic Hurricane Models. Matthew Grant, general manager of models and data at RMS, said the updated ...
Radon Levels Up in Pa. Homes Post Fracking: John Hopkins Research
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health researchers say that levels of radon in Pennsylvania homes—where 42 percent of readings surpass what the U.S. government considers safe—have been ...
How Wearable Devices Are Disrupting the Insurance Industry
Nearly 50 years after Captain Kirk began using his wrist communicator on the television show "Star Trek," wearable technology is taking hold. From Fitbit to Google Glass, the technology is ...
Will Virtual Reality Take Social Networking to a New Level? Facebook Says Yes
Virtual reality, artificial intelligence and drones will enable Facebook Inc. to create a more lifelike and useful social network, the company said in its clearest explanation so far for technology ...