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How polling failures, gambling legalization and political gridlock paved the way for the explosive rise of prediction markets

At their best, prediction markets aggregate collective intelligence to weigh the likelihood of future events.Fairfax Media/Getty Images Though prediction markets have been legal in the U.S. for less t...

Parker Bach, PhD Student in Media and Communication, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - avatar Parker Bach, PhD Student in Media and Communication, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

‘Project Hail Mary’ demonstrates how intellectual humility can be a guiding force for scientists and astronauts

Ryland Grace, the 'Project Hail Mary' protagonist, exhibits intellectual humility while problem-solving to save the Earth. Amazon MGM StudiosEarly in Phil Lord and Christopher Miller’s science f...

Deana L. Weibel, Professor of Anthropology, Grand Valley State University - avatar Deana L. Weibel, Professor of Anthropology, Grand Valley State University

Holocaust survivors in France came home to stolen apartments, looted furniture and bureaucratic hurdles

Furniture confiscated from Jewish homes is delivered to other people in Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris in April 1942, after an Allied bombing.Art Media/Print Collector/Getty ImagesIn 1945, an angry mob c...

Shannon Fogg, Professor of History, Missouri University of Science and Technology - avatar Shannon Fogg, Professor of History, Missouri University of Science and Technology