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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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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The end of this summer marked the fortieth anniversary of the release of Bruce Springsteen's Born to Run. If reminiscing fans felt a wave of nostalgia for one of the iconic albums of popular music, they likely also experienced ...
Materials Science
Oct 14, 2015
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Apple says more than 11 million people have signed up for a trial of its music streaming service since it launched on June 30.
Internet
Aug 6, 2015
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Sometimes, data doesn't look like data. But when circumstances conspire and the right researchers come along, interesting facets of human nature reveal themselves. Last.fm and World of Warcraft are two entities made possible ...
Social Sciences
Jul 10, 2015
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As scientists, my colleagues and I are often told we need to engage the general public and decision makers, to use our expertise to inform public discourse and debates and to reach a far wider audience than just our professional ...
Social Sciences
May 12, 2015
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