'Hamilton' on Broadway generates 1M tweets this year
Another milestone has fallen thanks to the Broadway musical "Hamilton"—this time on Twitter.
Internet
Dec 22, 2015
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SpaceX rocket landing opens 'new door' to space travel
SpaceX successfully landed its powerful Falcon 9 rocket for the first time, a major milestone in the drive to cut costs and waste by making rockets as reusable as airplanes.
Space Exploration
Dec 22, 2015
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Radio rebels: Berlin group makes tiny transmitters for Syria
On the top floor of an old brick building in the heart of Berlin, a group of journalists and tech enthusiasts are working to spur the Syrian media revolution.
Other
Dec 22, 2015
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Google CEO's Vietnam visit gives hope to local startups
Google CEO Sundar Pichai's visit to Vietnam gives hope to people in the local startup community that they could succeed globally.
Business
Dec 22, 2015
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Precise molecular fingerprinting on the fly
Electro-optic modulators, which can switch light on and off within just picoseconds, are enabling ever faster telecommunication over optical glass fibres, so that large movies can be streamed more smoothly across oceans into ...
Optics & Photonics
Dec 22, 2015
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Using maths to unravel the Sun's magnetic fields
Complex magnetic fields in the Sun's atmosphere help heat it to multi-million degree temperatures and create explosive events such as solar flares that affect us here on Earth.
Space Exploration
Dec 22, 2015
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Giant comets could pose danger to life on Earth
A team of astronomers from Armagh Observatory and the University of Buckingham report that the discovery of hundreds of giant comets in the outer planetary system over the last two decades means that these objects pose a ...
Space Exploration
Dec 22, 2015
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Real-time detection of storm sewer system overflows during torrential downpours
Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. has succeeded in the real-time detection of early signs of storm sewer system overflows during torrential downpours, thereby obtaining data for effective analyses. The data was collected in a sensing ...
Environment
Dec 22, 2015
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A purported new mathematics proof is impenetrable – now what?
What happens when someone claims to have proved a famous conjecture? Well, it depends. When a paper is submitted, the journal editor will pass it off to a respected expert for examination. That referee will then scan the ...
Mathematics
Dec 22, 2015
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Death Stars are a waste of time – here's the best way to take over the galaxy
The Star Wars films raise lots of pressing questions. "Why is there sound in space?" "How did George Lucas lose his way?" And, of course, "Did Han shoot first?" (that's an easy one).
Astronomy
Dec 22, 2015
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