diff --git a/app/Gemfile b/app/Gemfile
index 914793af..f999f9b8 100644
--- a/app/Gemfile
+++ b/app/Gemfile
@@ -87,3 +87,4 @@ gem 'omniauth-rails_csrf_protection', '~> 1.0' # prevents forged authentication
 # webpack
 gem 'pg'
 gem 'webpacker'
+gem 'nokogiri'
diff --git a/app/Gemfile.lock b/app/Gemfile.lock
index 55de13c0..c6599cda 100644
--- a/app/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/app/Gemfile.lock
@@ -434,6 +434,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   image_processing (~> 1.2)
   importmap-rails
   jbuilder
+  nokogiri
   omniauth-auth0 (~> 3.0)
   omniauth-rails_csrf_protection (~> 1.0)
   pg
diff --git a/app/app/views/assumptions/_assumption.html.erb b/app/app/views/assumptions/_assumption.html.erb
index 80f553da..a43e16d3 100644
--- a/app/app/views/assumptions/_assumption.html.erb
+++ b/app/app/views/assumptions/_assumption.html.erb
@@ -6,7 +6,12 @@
 
   <p>
     <strong>Description:</strong>
-    <%= assumption.description %>
+    <% doc = Nokogiri::HTML.fragment(assumption.description.to_s) %>
+    <% doc.css('a').each do |link| %>
+      <% link.set_attribute('target', '_blank') %>
+      <% link.set_attribute('rel', 'noopener noreferrer') %>
+    <% end %>
+    <%= doc.to_html.html_safe %>
     <%= "No description provided" if assumption.description.empty? %>
   </p>
 
diff --git a/app/app/views/assumptions/_form.html.erb b/app/app/views/assumptions/_form.html.erb
index daba35bb..29177c45 100644
--- a/app/app/views/assumptions/_form.html.erb
+++ b/app/app/views/assumptions/_form.html.erb
@@ -12,39 +12,45 @@
     </div>
   <% end %>
 
-  <div>
+  <div class="form-group">
     <%= form.label :name, style: "display: block" %>
-    <%= form.text_field :name %>
+    <%= form.text_field :name, class: 'form-control' %>
   </div>
 
-<br>
+  <br>
 
-  <div>
+  <div class="form-group">
     <%= form.label :description, style: "display: block" %>
     <%= form.rich_text_area :description %>
   </div>
 
-<br>
-
-<div class="field">
-  <%= form.label :theory_ids, "Select Theory" %> <br>
-  <% Theory.all.each do |theory| %>
-    <%= check_box_tag "assumption[theory_ids][]", theory.id, @assumption.theories.include?(theory), id: "theory_#{theory.id}" %>
-    <%= label_tag "theory_#{theory.id}", theory.name, for: "theory_#{theory.id}" %> <br>
-  <% end %>
-</div>
-
-<br>
+  <br>
+
+  <div class="field form-group">
+    <%= form.label :theory_ids, "Select Theory" %>
+    <% Theory.all.each do |theory| %>
+      <div class="form-check">
+        <%= check_box_tag "assumption[theory_ids][]", theory.id, @assumption.theories.include?(theory),
+                          id: "theory_#{theory.id}", class: 'form-check-input' %>
+        <%= label_tag "theory_#{theory.id}", theory.name, for: "theory_#{theory.id}", class: 'form-check-label' %>
+      </div>
+    <% end %>
+  </div>
 
-<div class="field">
-  <%= form.label :practice_ids, "Select Practice" %> <br>
-  <% Practice.all.each do |practice| %>
-    <%= check_box_tag "assumption[practice_ids][]", practice.id, @assumption.practices.include?(practice), id: "practice_#{practice.id}" %>
-    <%= label_tag "practice_#{practice.id}", practice.name, for: "practice_#{practice.id}" %> <br>
-  <% end %>
-</div>
+  <br>
+
+  <div class="field form-group">
+    <%= form.label :practice_ids, "Select Practice" %>
+    <% Practice.all.each do |practice| %>
+      <div class="form-check">
+        <%= check_box_tag "assumption[practice_ids][]", practice.id, @assumption.practices.include?(practice),
+                          id: "practice_#{practice.id}", class: 'form-check-input' %>
+        <%= label_tag "practice_#{practice.id}", practice.name, for: "practice_#{practice.id}", class: 'form-check-label' %>
+      </div>
+    <% end %>
+  </div>
 
-<br>
+  <br>
 
   <div>
     <%= form.submit %>
diff --git a/app/app/views/practices/_form.html.erb b/app/app/views/practices/_form.html.erb
index aae548c4..c0eaf7fb 100644
--- a/app/app/views/practices/_form.html.erb
+++ b/app/app/views/practices/_form.html.erb
@@ -13,15 +13,23 @@
   <% end %>
 
   <div>
-    <%= form.label :name, style: "display: block" %>
-    <%= form.text_field :name %>
+    <div class="form-group">
+      <%= form.label :name, style: "display: block" %>
+      <%= form.text_field :name, class: 'form-control' %>
+    </div>
   </div>
 
+  <br>
+
   <div>
     <%= form.label :description, style: "display: block" %>
     <%= form.rich_text_area :description %>
   </div>
 
+  <br>
+
+  <br>
+
   <div>
     <%= form.submit %>
   </div>
diff --git a/app/app/views/practices/_practice.html.erb b/app/app/views/practices/_practice.html.erb
index 766abd3a..00d8956a 100644
--- a/app/app/views/practices/_practice.html.erb
+++ b/app/app/views/practices/_practice.html.erb
@@ -5,7 +5,13 @@
 
   <p>
     <strong>Description:</strong>
-    <%= practice.description %>
+    <% doc = Nokogiri::HTML.fragment(practice.description.to_s) %>
+    <% doc.css('a').each do |link| %>
+      <% link.set_attribute('target', '_blank') %>
+      <% link.set_attribute('rel', 'noopener noreferrer') %>
+    <% end %>
+    <%= doc.to_html.html_safe %>
+
     <%= "No description provided" if practice.description.empty? %>
   </p>
 
diff --git a/app/app/views/theories/_form.html.erb b/app/app/views/theories/_form.html.erb
index 68055872..4c9162d2 100644
--- a/app/app/views/theories/_form.html.erb
+++ b/app/app/views/theories/_form.html.erb
@@ -12,25 +12,28 @@
     </div>
   <% end %>
 
-  <div>
+  <div class="form-group">
     <%= form.label :name, style: "display: block" %>
-    <%= form.text_field :name %>
+    <%= form.text_field :name, class: 'form-control' %>
   </div>
 
 <br>
 
-  <div>
+  <div class="form-group">
     <%= form.label :description, style: "display: block" %>
     <%= form.rich_text_area :description %>
   </div>
 
 <br>
 
-  <div class="field">
+  <div class="field form-group">
   <%= form.label :assumption_ids, "Select Assumptions" %><br>
   <% Assumption.all.each do |assumption| %>
-    <%= check_box_tag "theory[assumption_ids][]", assumption.id, @theory.assumptions.include?(assumption), id: "assumption_#{assumption.id}" %>
-    <%= label_tag "assumption_#{assumption.id}", assumption.name, for: "assumption_#{assumption.id}" %> <br>
+      <div class="form-check">
+    <%= check_box_tag "theory[assumption_ids][]", assumption.id, @theory.assumptions.include?(assumption),
+                      id: "assumption_#{assumption.id}", class: 'form-check-input' %>
+    <%= label_tag "assumption_#{assumption.id}", assumption.name, for: "assumption_#{assumption.id}", class: 'form-check-label' %>
+      </div>
   <% end %>
   </div>
 
diff --git a/app/app/views/theories/_theory.html.erb b/app/app/views/theories/_theory.html.erb
index 11032ada..debad646 100644
--- a/app/app/views/theories/_theory.html.erb
+++ b/app/app/views/theories/_theory.html.erb
@@ -5,8 +5,13 @@
 
   <p>
     <strong>Description:</strong>
-      <%= theory.description %>
-      <%= "No description provided" if theory.description.empty? %>
+    <% doc = Nokogiri::HTML.fragment(theory.description.to_s) %>
+    <% doc.css('a').each do |link| %>
+      <% link.set_attribute('target', '_blank') %>
+      <% link.set_attribute('rel', 'noopener noreferrer') %>
+    <% end %>
+    <%= doc.to_html.html_safe %>
+    <%= "No description provided" if theory.description.empty? %>
   </p>
 
   <% theory.assumptions.each do |assump| %>
diff --git a/app/db/development.sqlite3 b/app/db/development.sqlite3
index 8dbad1e7..34f5dc29 100644
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