Remember that moment in the movie Star Trek (2009) when James T. Kirk, Hikaru Sulu and the red-shirted Engineer Olson don spacesuits, and free-style plummet from orbit to a giant machine threatening the planet below? For those who didn’t see it: We hate to ruin the surprise for you, but … Olson didn’t make it. It … Continue reading Red-Shirt Risk: How Likely Is It That You’ll Die?