The simulation hypothesis—the idea that our universe might be an artificial construct running on some advanced alien computer—has long captured the public imagination. Yet most arguments about it rest ...

Week 17 is the championship matchup in a vast majority of Fantasy football leagues, so it's the biggest week for Fantasy lineup decisions of the year for those who have made it thus far. In 2024, the ...

Though Fantasy football league settings vary, a vast majority of players are in some kind of Fantasy playoff matchup as the Week 16 NFL season unfolds. That means the pressure to make the right ...

Justin Herbert's Chargers are only projected to beat the Texas by half a point in Austin Mock's model. Stacy Revere / Getty Images With just two weeks left in the NFL regular season, playoff stakes ...

While the upcoming CES 2026 technology show will undoubtedly be awash with all manner of weird but hopefully also wonderful new TV technologies when it kicks off on January 6, Hisense has come out of ...

Projections by climate scientists paint a vivid picture of our future, hoping it will inspire us to change our ways—before it’s too late. Floods along the Mississippi River cover crops in Oakville, ...

Editor’s note: Previous versions of the simulation were incorrectly calculating each team’s odds of reaching the conference finals and beyond. That error has been ...

One in four people globally live in a country whose population has already peaked in size. 11 July 2024 - According to the World Population Prospects 2024: Summary of Results published today, it is ...

Playoff probabilities are updated as the games progress, based on ESPN Analytics' live win probabilities and its NFL Football Power Index (FPI) projections. Live in-game win probabilities weigh ...

Global growth is projected at 3.1 percent in 2024 and 3.2 percent in 2025, with the 2024 forecast 0.2 percentage point higher than that in the October 2023 World Economic Outlook (WEO) on account of ...

The 2025-26 college football bowl season has already seen 25 games completed, in addition to four playoff matchups. But some bowl confidence pools remain open for entries or modifications as there are ...