The black swan theory is a metaphor that describes an event that comes as a surprise, has a major effect, and is often inappropriately rationalized after the fact with the benefit of hindsight. The theory was developed by Nassim Nicholas Taleb.
Last month 22 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits — easily the worst stretch of U.S. job losses on record. The losses translate to about […]
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has put scientists and health workers around the globe on alert for a new and potentially deadly pathogen – Disease […]
Taiwan’s chief of general staff, Shen Yi-ming, and seven high-level defense officials have died in a helicopter crash Thursday morning in a mountainous region south […]
As of December, the US economy has expanded for a record 126 straight months, the longest time period in the country’s history. In other words, […]
More than 600.000 vacationers were left stranded when the 178-year-old travel company, Thomas Cook, announced Monday, with some of its flights still in the air, […]
Ein Bilanzskandal um GE hat das Zeug, den gesamten Markt für Unternehmensanleihen in Mitleidenschaft zu ziehen. Der Experte Harry Markopolos bezichtigt GE in einer Studie, […]
In Japan it is now allowed to create a pig embryo with a human pancreas and transplant it into the womb of an adult pig, […]
It is the first time in history that two nuclear-armed powers (India and Pakistan) have launched air strikes against each other, while ground forces have […]
The Arctic air temperatures for the past five years (2014-18) have exceeded all previous records since 1900. In 2018 Arctic sea ice remained younger, thinner, […]
Unmittelbar vor Instanbul verläuft unterhalb des Marmara-Meeres die sogenannte Nordanatolische Verwerfungszone. Dort haben sich nach einem Erdbeben im Jahr 1766 die Anatolische Erdplatte im Süden […]
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