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IPCC supporters point out that the global body does a self-assessment after every major report, looking at what went wrong and what can be improved. Communication will be key - in the case of the mistake about the Himalayan glaciers, some glaciologists have said they knew about the error and...
That approach might have helped in the recent housing bubble. Buyers didn't just need to know how different sorts of mortgages worked; they also needed the fortitude to choose a 30-year fixed rate when everyone around them was buying a bigger house with a riskier loan. (Take a...
The malaise at the lab, which Ho attributes to personality conflicts among the faculty, began to infect the quality of the science. In 2002, Ho generated headlines when he thought he had found the X factor made by immune cells that protected some people from developing AIDS. It turned out...
Still, outside experts aren't rushing to declare the challenge of diagnosing PTSD solved. Dr. Sally Satel, a psychiatrist affiliated with the American Enterprise Institute who has studied PTSD, says she's skeptical that there's "a fixed neural signature" for the condition. But she adds that the study "is...
The worry is that problems at the banks will restrict credit and make it harder for businesses to grow and individuals to spend. That could put the brakes on the economic rebound. What's more, the continued loan losses at the banks show that individuals and companies are still having...