Technology/Science
How Hot Was It? Last Year Among 10 Hottest on Record: Study
Last year was one of the world's 10 hottest in records going back to the 19th century as concentrations of climate-changing greenhouses gases rose, a study showed. Four international agencies ...
AIR Worldwide Updates U.S. Severe Thunderstorm Model, Unveils Crop Hail Model
Catastrophe risk modeler AIR Worldwide has updated its Severe Thunderstorm Model for the United States, including significant enhancements to all three model components: hazard, engineering and ...
Lung Experts Urge Ban on E-Cigarettes Citing Unknown Health Impacts
Experts from the world's leading lung organizations have released a position statement on electronic cigarettes, focusing on their potential adverse effects on human health and calling on governments ...
Brains of High Stock Market Earners Have Built-In Crash Detectors
If you're not getting rich in the stock market, it may be because you're brain just isn't wired like Warren Buffett's—or that of any other successful investor who has a built-in detector for ...
Google Glass: An Insurer’s Secret Weapon?
In just a few years, adjusters may no longer be saddled with multiple devices for appraising damage, according to a recent industry white paper. Instead, one device alone will serve as a camera, tape ...
Insurers Struggling With Cyber Risk Market; Staffing an Issue
Insurers are eagerly eyeing exponential growth in the tiny cyber coverage market, but their lack of experience and skills handling hackers and data breaches may keep their ambitions in check. ...
No El Niño Yet But Chances Remain High: U.S. Climate Center
A weather-changing El Niño has yet to develop in the Pacific Ocean, according to government forecasters are who maintaining a "watch" initiated in March. The chances that the warming of the ...
Climate Change May Bring More Kidney Stones
As daily temperatures increase, so does the number of patients seeking treatment for kidney stones. In a study that may both reflect and foretell a warming planet's impact on human health, a research ...