Oil pollution in North Sea is ‘grossly underestimated’, suggests new report: Kichigin/Shutterstock Growing up in Aberdeen, Scotland, the shadow of the Piper Alpha disaster loomed large over our community. The tragic explosion of the oil rig platform in 1988 claimed the lives of 167 people. Back then, I was blissfully unaware of the ecological ramifications …
How Israel underestimated Hamas’s intelligence capabilities – an expert reviews the evidence: Israel has a cutting-edge security technology industry and was (and still should be) considered to be the leading nation for national security. The controversial electronic intelligence platform Pegasus was developed in Israel, and the border between Israel and Gaza was considered – before …
Climate change: how economists underestimated benefits of action for decades: The costs of doing nothing vastly outweigh the costs of decarbonising a global economy which, since the Industrial Revolution, has been powered by fossil fuels. That may seem self-evident today, when catastrophic fires and floods offer daily reminders of how expensive continued inaction on climate …
Women’s pain is routinely underestimated, and gender stereotypes are to blame – new research: Men and women underestimate women's pain – and overestimate the pain of men. G-Stock Studio/Shutterstock When a man consults a doctor about pain, he will hope to be taken seriously: to convince the doctor that the pain is real, and a …