With a simple standard MRI scan of the brain, it may soon be possible to predict which people with mental illnesses will gain ...

Several Philadelphia writers were asked in 1975 to predict life in 2025. Here's what they got wrong — and what they guessed ...

Discover the surprising predictions made by sci-fi TV shows like Black Mirror, Knight Rider, and several Star Trek series.

Every three months, participants in the Metaculus forecasting cup try to predict the future for a prize pot of about $5,000. Metaculus, a forecasting platform, poses questions of geopolitical ...

A team of scientists has discovered a way to predict tsunamis using the fastest supercomputer in the world. This real-time forecasting system could significantly improve the ability to warn people ...

The start of the new academic year has all eyes looking ahead. As we all know, prediction is very difficult, particularly about the future, as physicist Niels Bohr cheekily put it. At the same time, ...

What do we really know about the future? Probably not as much as we think. We search past patterns for clues about the future. We review statistics to provide information about trends. We consult ...

Whether you realize it or not, you're probably helping the government predict the future right now. From the websites you visit to the tweets you send, you and every other internet user leave behind a ...

The Simpsons' has continued to seemingly predict the future, from politics and world events to sports and music ...

Brian Niccol wants to make Starbucks the "world's greatest customer service company again" and he wants AI to help solve the ...

Ruinous fires across the West often lead to smoke-filled days with flames tearing through large swaths of natural land. While most of these fires are started by people, many fires start because of ...