An aviation safety theory may explain a plane crash in Japan this week. The "Swiss cheese" theory argues that crashes are often caused by a series of small errors. A Japan Airlines plane crashed into ...

Lately, in the ongoing conversation about how to defeat the coronavirus, experts have made reference to the “Swiss cheese model” of pandemic defense. The metaphor is easy enough to grasp: Multiple ...

Infectious disease experts actually use something called the Swiss Cheese Model to show how different layers of protection, keep us from getting a virus. Think of each layer as a piece of Swiss Cheese ...