Hacker News with Generative AI: Risk Assessment

Probability of 2024 YR4 impacting Earth in 2032 is now 2.2% (blogs.esa.int)
The European Space Agency is closely monitoring asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a very small chance of impacting Earth in 2032.
Space, Asteroids, Near-Earth Objects, Risk Assessment
30 points by marcodiego 16 days ago | 7 comments
Asteroid Impact on Earth 2032 with Probability 1% and 8Mt Energy (nasa.gov)
The following summary tables includes basic information about the hazard for this object.
Space, Asteroids, Science, Risk Assessment
528 points by 2-3-7-43-1807 24 days ago | 348 comments
Technical Report on Mirror Bacteria: Feasibility and Risks (purl.stanford.edu)
This report describes the technical feasibility of creating mirror bacteria and the potentially serious and wide-ranging risks that they could pose to humans, other animals, plants, and the environment.
Biotechnology, Microbiology, Risk Assessment, Environmental Science
20 points by Hooke 68 days ago | 1 comments
NASA acknowledges it cannot quantify risk of Starliner propulsion issues (arstechnica.com)
Space Exploration, NASA, Risk Assessment
314 points by geerlingguy 187 days ago | 449 comments
Ask HN: Should a risk assessment list all dependent tools? (ycombinator.com)
Software Development, Risk Assessment, Tools
6 points by kidbomb 214 days ago | 4 comments