Humans and other animals constantly make predictions about future events based on previous experiences and their perceptions ...

But from the perspective of neuroscience, reading is much more than just entertainment. This is especially true for children ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has approved a bipartisan resolution to prevent its own members from using prediction markets, banning senators who are often privy to sensitive information from making ...

The Senate unanimously agreed to a resolution Thursday barring its members from trading on prediction markets in the face of growing concerns about insider trading on the platforms. The resolution, ...

Matt Levine is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist. A former investment banker at Goldman Sachs, he was a mergers and acquisitions lawyer at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz; a clerk for the U.S. Court of ...

Prediction markets are being touted on social media as a lucrative side hustle for young Americans squeezed by rent and student loan bills. In reality, most traders are losing money, and a significant ...

The indictment of a soldier who bet on the U.S. operation to capture President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela put renewed focus on a new way to gamble, and a new way to cheat. By Victor Mather Prediction ...

The White House has warned staff not to wager on government decisions, but his family’s involvement with these firms undermines the president’s message. By Ben Protess Ben Protess covers the Trump ...

Guest column: For centuries, humans looked to seers and astrologers to determine fate. Today, we look to algorithms, and the loss of agency is the same. Carissa Véliz is an associate professor at the ...

Some state employees have been officially banned from insider trading on prediction markets. Governors have signed executive orders clamping down on it in New York, Illinois, and California. "Getting ...

Reading is competing for attention in a world built for scrolling. A recent University of Florida study found that the share of Americans who read for pleasure on an average day dropped from 28 ...