Today’s science news centers on public understanding of risk: researchers are warning that some of the gravest long-term threats to humanity come from technologies and geopolitical choices, even as confidence in science itself slips worldwide. Together, the stories show a widenin...
Today’s science news centers on public understanding of risk: researchers are warning that some of the gravest long-term threats to humanity come from technologies and geopolitical choices, even as confidence in science itself slips worldwide. Together, the stories show a widening gap between the scale of scientific warnings and the public trust needed to act on them.
A new assessment warns that human extinction by 2100 cannot be ruled out if major global risks are badly managed, with misuse of artificial intelligence and nuclear conflict singled out as especially severe dangers. The report places those threats within a broader review of hazards to human health and survival over the coming decades.
A global survey finds trust in science has fallen below pre-pandemic levels, reversing gains associated with the COVID era. Across countries, the share of people saying they have at least some trust in science is down by roughly five percentage points from 2018, suggesting a broad erosion in public confidence.
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