Risk and uncertainty

In recent years, tsunamis have devastated coastal regions. Writing in The Conversation, Camilla Penney, PhD Candidate in Geophysics at University of...

A new campaign is warning people that burning some food, such as toast, is a potential cancer risk. Here, the evidence for this claim is explored by...

From climate change and extending the human lifespan to political extremism and reporting from war zones, this year’s Darwin College Lecture Series...

The Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication aims to ensure that facts on important issues are presented in ways that are accurate...

In 2014, Cambridge researchers monitored a series of seismic shocks which preceded Iceland’s biggest volcanic eruption in 200 years. The dramatic...

Transparency without accessibility is not enough: stats must be put in context, say researchers.

A new report by the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) reveals that global investment portfolios could lose up to...

The Alpine–Himalayan belt, which stretches from the Mediterranean to the Pacific, is one of the world’s most seismically active regions. Now, a...