Flash floods are among the deadliest weather events in the world, killing more than 5,000 people each year. They’re also among the most difficult to predict. But Google thinks it has cracked that ...

Interest in prediction markets has soared among political junkies, many of whom flock to the platforms to track elections, monitor Congress and more.

Some years ago, my linguistic research team and I started to develop a computational tool aimed at reconstructing the text of ...