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Published Thursday - April 16, 2026
Weather Prediction Markets Are Booming, but Can They Improve Forecasts?

A few days before Christmas, Howard Qin was scrutinizing weather forecasts on two laptops at home in Shanghai when he noticed prices of contracts for New York City snowfall creeping higher on the prediction market Kalshi. He checked the Times Square webcam for specks of white — affirmative. The recent Stanford math graduate and lifelong … Continued

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Published Wednesday - December 16, 2020
Climate Change Poses Much Greater Existential Risk for the World Than COVID-19

Similar to the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change ultimately will be managed by “bending the curve” of temperature rises and greenhouse gas emissions, according to Rowan Douglas, Head of Climate and Resilience Hub at Willis Towers Watson. But that’s where the similarities end. Douglas warns that the coronavirus pandemic will be a “drop in the ocean,” … Continued

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