In the dark, tense months after 9/11, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency came up with a new way to anticipate terrorist threats. The idea was too clever by half: a futures market of potential attacks. The underlying scientific theory was that so-called predictive markets are better at guessing outcomes than expert opinions or traditional polling methodsso why not set up a market …
LONDON: Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing (BQFP) held its official launch at a reception hosted by Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle, London, in the presence of H H Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser Al Missned, Chairperson of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development.
SAN FRANCISCO—-The Consulate General of Israel to the Pacific Northwest together with Jewish community partners have produced a month-long festival, Out In Israel, which takes place through April at venues across San Francisco and the Bay Area, and highlights some of the best LGBT cultural creations happening in Israel today.
Tunis President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali delivered an address Friday morning at the opening of the 13th Congress of the National Union of Tunisian Women UNFT.