 Imagine the scenario. You're just about to take a bite from a fresh, succulent donut when you drop it. Having lightning-fast reflexes you scoop it up well within the three-second rule and bring it up to your salivating mouth, then hesitate. Is it safe to eat? Every moment of our lives is affected by potential risks and possible benefits. From the food we eat, to the company we work for and the country we live in, smart decisions on understanding and managing health risks can often mean the difference between health and wealth and, well, whatever you're left with when you take those away. The problem is we're not very good at being smart about stuff that might harm us. It's not our fault. Evolution never programmed us to handle synthetic chemicals and smartphones or myriad other things that today's modern home of sapien is faced with. And it certainly never equipped us to intuitively deal with risks in a complex globalized socio-technological economy. So we're left with a bunch of finely honed risk smarts that, not to be too blunt, don't work that well in today's day and age. Instead we use science to make smart decisions on risks. But to be quite honest that's not much help if you don't have a PhD in risk science and you're still trying to work out whether to eat that doughnut or not. This is where risk bites comes in. It's a bite-sized crash course in the science of risk. We'll be covering everything from micromorts to high throughput screening in weekly videos that will typically be shorter than the time it takes to make a cup of coffee. So if you're looking for some really cool science or simply interested in getting up to speed on the basic ideas and jargon behind human health risk, please check us out. We won't be telling you whether that doughnut is safe to eat or not, I'm afraid, but a regular dose of risk bites might give you an edge in understanding the science behind how the decision you are just about to make might affect you. If you're interested in learning more about the science of risk, subscribe to Risk Bites every week starting November the 24th. For more information on this and any other video at Risk Bites, please visit www.riskbites.com