_____ has been used to analyze epidemics, design more efficient cities, predict where crimes are most likely to occur, and even forecast the results of Supreme Court rulings.

A) Robotics
B) Virtual reality
C) Cloud computing
D) Big data

Big data has been utilized in various fields to analyze large volumes of information for patterns and trends. This includes studying epidemics, optimizing urban planning, predicting crime hotspots, and forecasting legal outcomes, among other applications.