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The Private Space Race and Risk

When will an actuary be called upon to contend with the fledgling commercial space tourism line? By Alyssa Oursler On July 11, Sir Richard Branson celebrated under a hot New Mexico sun. As a kid, he had watched the Apollo moon landings. Now,... Read More

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The World’s Most Challenging Math Problems

Solving one of the elusive, complex Millennium Prize Problems is worth $1 million. Here’s why. By Alyssa Oursler and Karl Roth On May 24, 2000, famed mathematicians Sir Michael Atiyah and John Tate entered a lecture hall at the Collége... Read More

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Hurricane Season No. 39

By Pablo Olmo My experiences with hurricanes Irma and María in 2017 Preamble Living through storms as a child teaches you invaluable lessons that cannot be learned without firsthand experiences. I was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto... Read More

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How Not to Be Wrong

Probabilistic and statistical fallacies—how to spot them, and how to avoid them By Carlos Fuentes “Darius was already coming down to the cost from Susa, exalted in spirit by the magnitude of his forces and also encouraged by certain... Read More