Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new study uses machine learning to reveal hidden conflict patterns and exposes limits of predicting violence severity. (CREDIT: ...

Conflict avalanches are non-heuristic, data-derived chains of conflict events linked in space and time. Here, each point represents a conflict event, with colors distinguishing distinct conflict ...

There is often no straightforward explanation for the various types of violence that occur around the world. In fact, even when using clear definitions (such as “Civil War,” “Invasion,” or “Local ...