Two decades of consular records put war and terrorism at 3% of non-natural deaths of US citizens abroad and vehicles at 29%. What the advisory levels do not do, why the insurance excludes exactly this event, and why a government evacuation is a promissory note rather than a rescue.
A comparison of 200 romance fraud victims with 10,723 people who were never scammed found victims middle-aged and better educated, with self-rated security knowledge predicting nothing. The current version of the fraud asks for an investment rather than a favour, stepping between the two standard warnings.
Randomised experiments show manipulative interface design nearly quadrupling acceptance of an unchanged offer, while raising its price fourfold changed nothing. What works, what is overstated, and why enforcement rather than vigilance is what altered the interfaces.
Zero tolerance, peer mediation, group treatment and assemblies are all identified as misdirections — and one of them can leave the bullied child worse. What works cuts bullying by about a fifth, and that figure needs a caveat.
OSHA investigation records show lockout was not attempted at all in at least 59% of fatal machine maintenance incidents, and a national audit of 2,632 machines explains why: procedures were posted at 9% of them. What the evidence says about guards, locks, and the short jobs that kill.
213,000 children a year, three quarters of them from falls, and mostly broken arms. The one randomised trial of playground surfacing found the certified material came off worse — and one piece of safety equipment has killed children on climbing frames.
European regulators found 74-89% of retail CFD accounts losing money; India found over 91% of derivatives traders losing. What the regulatory records and trade-level research show about how leverage, expiry and spreads take money from retail traders – including the study arguing the losses are overstated.
Only 42.6% of 25,967 US stocks beat Treasury bills over their lifetime, and the most common outcome was a total loss. What the research on individual investors, day traders and active funds shows about how money is actually lost in the stock market.
Long flights roughly double clot risk from a small baseline, and the risk peaks two weeks after landing. Compression stockings have high-certainty Cochrane evidence behind them, with one caveat worth reading.
The largest prospective study of back belts found 17.1% back pain among daily wearers and 17.5% among those who never wore one. What the evidence supports instead is changing the task.
