Predicting the future has always been a difficult, sometimes fruitless task, but scientists are surprisingly good at divining how hot the year ahead will be. For decades, their models have largely ...

It’s that time of year when every team believes it has a chance to win the Super Bowl. But often those lofty goals don’t come to fruition without the help of a few x-factors. X-Factor has different ...

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. Predicting the future has always been a difficult, sometimes fruitless task, but scientists are surprisingly ...