Popular music is jam-packed with classic songs about cars, racing engines, heading down the highway, backseat romance at the drive-in, and simply feeling safe in one's car. The list is long, but, with the advent of the self-driving, ...
Economics & Business
Jan 26, 2017
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(Phys.org)—A pair of researchers has found that word use popularity tends to oscillate over 14-year periods. In their paper published in the journal Palgrave Communications, Marcelo Montemurro, with The University of Manchester ...
Google's search engine highlighted an inaccurate story claiming that President-elect Donald Trump won the popular vote in last week's election, the latest example of bogus information spread by the internet's gatekeepers.
Internet
Nov 15, 2016
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A University of Queensland computer scientist who harvests social media to accurately predict election results says he can confidently call next week's United States election.
Social Sciences
Nov 4, 2016
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In colder weather, people have long been warming up around campfires and woodstoves. Lately, this idea of burning wood or other biomass for heat has surged in popularity as an alternative to using fossil fuels. Now, in the ...
Energy & Green Tech
Oct 19, 2016
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Pokémon Go is in rapid decline. Since launching in July and soaring in popularity, it had lost at least a third of its daily users by the middle of August. By mid-September, daily revenues had fallen from US$16m per day ...
Software
Oct 19, 2016
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Investors looking to ride the mobile messaging craze—get in line.
Business
Jul 13, 2016
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Transport plays a major role in the spread of transmissible diseases. PANDHUB, a project coordinated by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, develops ways of reducing the risk of pandemics and managing other high-threat ...
Other
Apr 27, 2016
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It is time to abolish the Electoral College in favor of a single national popular vote where all votes count equally, Stanford political experts say.
Social Sciences
Apr 11, 2016
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Recirculating aquaculture is a fish farming method that continues to gain popularity all around the world. Right now, Finland has an excellent opportunity to become known as one of the main players in the field.
Ecology
Oct 20, 2015
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