A biologist explores why humans are poor at judging risk — fearing rare shark attacks, for example, more than common heart attacks.
Prometheus, 2012, 276 p., $19
You can read this article for free.
Here’s why you should subscribe anyway.
To celebrate our centennial, we have made our entire archive available for free. But quality journalism comes at a price. Support the next century of science journalism. Subscribe to Science News for as little as $2.99 a month.