We prove that the space of holomorphic p-forms on the moduli space M <overbar> </mml:mover> g , n of stable curves of genus g with n marked points vanishes for p = 14 , 16 , 18 unconditionally and also for p = 20 under a natural assumption in the case g <mml:mo>= 3 . This result is consistent with the Langlands program and it is obtained by applying the Arbarello-Cornalba inductive approach to the cohomology of moduli spaces.