The sacrifices were about making an unpredictable world more predictable. A harsh environment had moulded a harsh civilization with an elaborate set of rituals designed to ensure its survival.
Gut-based prognosticators look down on number-crunching as something less than “real reporting.” But Silver's aggregation of polls predicted the presidential elections more accurately than politicians and pundits alike.
Gut-based prognosticators look down on number-crunching as something less than “real reporting.” But Silver's aggregation of polls predicted the presidential elections more accurately than politicians and pundits alike.
Gut-based prognosticators look down on number-crunching as something less than “real reporting.” But Silver's aggregation of polls predicted the presidential elections more accurately than politicians and pundits alike.
Gut-based prognosticators look down on number-crunching as something less than “real reporting.” But Silver's aggregation of polls predicted the presidential elections more accurately than politicians and pundits alike.
The cycle of wildlife is so interdependent that an alteration in one place is bound to have consequences elsewhere. We can't predict the consequences of allowing genetically modified animals loose on the world.
The cycle of wildlife is so interdependent that an alteration in one place is bound to have consequences elsewhere. We can't predict the consequences of allowing genetically modified animals loose on the world.
Waves of new entrepreneurs are launching gourmet food trucks in L.A., in such droves that some trend watchers are predicting the demise of the hipster food armada.
Waves of new entrepreneurs are launching gourmet food trucks in L.A., in such droves that some trend watchers are predicting the demise of the hipster food armada.
New DNA tests of minute amounts of blood left at a crime scene can now allow police to predict, with a high degree of accuracy, the age of the perpetrator.
New DNA tests of minute amounts of blood left at a crime scene can now allow police to predict, with a high degree of accuracy, the age of the perpetrator.
Geologists listening in on “icequakes” that rumble through glaciers have developed a model that can predict a collapse up to 15 days before it happens.
Geologists listening in on “icequakes” that rumble through glaciers have developed a model that can predict a collapse up to 15 days before it happens.
Geologists listening in on “icequakes” that rumble through glaciers have developed a model that can predict a collapse up to 15 days before it happens.
The Heywood brothers built an ingenious website where people share and track data on their illnesses -- the collective data providing enormous power to comfort and predict.
The Heywood brothers built an ingenious website where people share and track data on their illnesses -- the collective data providing enormous power to comfort and predict.
Alarmist predictions over the long-term health effects of the Fukushima nuclear accident may have damaging psychological consequences for the people of Japan.
Waves of new entrepreneurs are launching gourmet food trucks in L.A., in such droves that some trend watchers are predicting the demise of the hipster food armada.
The end is nigh! Harold Camping has predicted that the Rapture will be on May 21st, and his prophecy has gained traction among believers, as well as the people mocking it.
The end is nigh! Harold Camping has predicted that the Rapture will be on May 21st, and his prophecy has gained traction among believers, as well as the people mocking it.
US national intelligence director James Clapper has predicted that embattled Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi will prevail over the rebels challenging his grip on power.
US national intelligence director James Clapper has predicted that embattled Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi will prevail over the rebels challenging his grip on power.