Why do some melodies feel instantly right, balanced, memorable and satisfying, even if you have never heard them before? New research from the University of Waterloo suggests that more than creativity ...

Research is casting prediction markets as policy-relevant forecasting tools just as state regulators escalate efforts to ...

To his credit, Kasy is a realist here. He doesn’t presume that any of these proposals will be easy to implement. Or that it will happen overnight, or even in the near future. The troubling question at ...

Prediction markets entice enterprising nerds to make and lose fortunes by wagering on everything from politics to the weather. Here’s why they’re unstoppable—and only getting more powerful.

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A Senate vote looms as the odds of a government shutdown Friday, Jan. 30 inches closer, with the latest shutdown betting odds on prediction markets Polymarket and Kalshi surging today amid a ...

Not long ago, Nikshep Saravanan was deep in the crypto trenches — trading memecoins, reaching out to venture capitalists, and trying to launch a startup for digital creators. By January, he’d dropped ...

The New England Patriots and Denver Broncos meet at Empower Field at Mile High for an NFL playoff game on Sunday afternoon with a trip to the Super Bowl at stake. If you're looking to make Patriots vs ...

DAVOS, SWITZERLAND — January 23, 2026 — Forbes today announced ForbesPredict, a first-of-its-kind prediction platform built in partnership with Axiom, a tech startup born out of the media industry.

Oz the Mentalist has done some jaw-dropping things over the years in terms of predictions and perceived mind reading (which has led to some bets made on exact scores). And back in November, he visited ...

Within the vastness of the Universe, humanity is not that big of a deal. We're not here because we're meant to be here, we're just... here. If mathematical predictions are correct, we might only have ...

Prediction markets have proven remarkably effective at aggregating dispersed information across many domains. From technology product launches to election forecasting, they often outperform expert ...