The Signal, a collaboration between Yahoo Labs and Yahoo News, is a new website dedicated to utilizing objective data in explaining the world as it was, is, and will be. In The Signal, David Rothschild (Ph.D. economist) and David Pennock (Ph.D. computer scientist), are creating both a website and laboratory that will not just report on the latest data-driven indicators and predictions, not just display the most advanced real-time updating data, but also create an interactive environment where the users get to explore the latest polling and prediction techniques. The Signal launches today with a blog and a few real-time election predictions and will grow quickly over the next few weeks and months. Eventually, The Signal will consist of three main elements: Yahoo Predictions and Sentiment, Prediction Games, and The Signal Blog. The Signal Blog is where Yahoo Research experts, along with other notable authorities in the field, make sense of the data in a clear, enlightening and entertaining way. Some articles will show how the world changes before and after major events; an example would be our recent article showing the movement in Herman Cain’s likelihood of gaining the Republican nomination before and after one of the women accusing him of sexual harassment held a press conference. Other articles will be wonky, explaining how or why people should or should not care about the information in the news; an example our recent article discussing the latest polls on the fate of Obama’s landmark healthcare law. Read more here.