So, I recently wrote a post about the mind-boggling low probability events BuzzFeeders have experienced, and people had some seriously wild stories.

Confidence in the safety of the food supply is paramount in a nuclear or radiological emergency. “Although low probability events, nuclear emergencies are potentially high impact, so it is important ...

More evidence has emerged showing federal regulators failed to grasp the dangers of offshore oil drilling. A September 2007 memo from the US Fish and Wildlife Service said large oil spills from ...

Normal distribution curve that illustrates standard deviations. Each band has 1 standard deviation, and the labels indicate the approximate proportion of area . Source: M. W. Toews Creative Commons ...

:: "Looking at the extreme weather, if it was a water spout, which it appears to be, it's what I would class as like a black swan event. So we've got this high impact, but low probability event. And ...

Quick—if you had to guess, what would you think is most likely to end all life on Earth: a meteor strike, climate change or a solar flare? (Choose carefully.) A new statistical method could help ...