A model of the spread of gossip on Twitter prior to the Higgs boson discovery announcement
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Scientists analyse global Twitter gossip around Higgs boson discovery - 0 views
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For the first time scientists have been able to analyse the dynamics of social media on a global scale before, during and after the announcement of a major scientific discovery.
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According to the analysed data, the rumours that the Higgs boson had been discovered started around 1st July 2012
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Study shows red pen use by instructors leads to more negative response - 0 views
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Sociologists
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claim in a paper they've had published
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that when teachers use a red pen to add comments to student papers, students perceive them more negatively than if they use another color pen
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NASA's Opportunity Rover Begins Year 10 on Mars | Space.com - 0 views
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NASA's Opportunity rover landed on Mars the night of Jan. 24, 2004 PST (just after midnight EST on Jan. 25), three weeks after its twin, Spirit, touched down
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irit stopped operating in 2010, but Opportunity is still going strong
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The car-size Curiosity weighs about 1 ton — five times more than either Spirit or Opportunity.
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Distance Traveled, Extraterrestrial Vehicles | Wheeled Vehicles, Moon & Mars | Space.com - 0 views
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So far, robotic rovers have reached out to the moon and Mars, with astronauts actually driving a lunar car on the moon during NASA's Apollo program
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Leading the pack is an oldie of a space mission: the Soviet-era Lunakhod 2. This huge moon rover drove 23 miles (37 kilometers) on the moon during its 1973 mission and is currently the world champion for off-world driving, winning the gold medal
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In second place
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Megapixels: Car Airbags That Could Save A Cyclist's Life | Popular Science - 0 views
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In the United States, only 1 percent of trips are made by bicycle
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In the Netherlands, which has only 1/18 of the U.S.’s population, that number is close to 26 percent
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With so many bikes on the road, Dutch company
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Curiosity's Robotic Arm Camera Snaps 1st Night Images - 0 views
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This image of a Martian rock illuminated by white-light LEDs (light emitting diodes) is part of the first set of nighttime images taken by the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) camera at the end of the robotic arm of NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity
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image was taken on Jan. 22, 2013, after dark on Sol 165. It covers an area about 1.3 inches by 1 inch (3.4 by 2.5 centimeters
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The Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) camera is located on the tool turret at the end of Curiosity’s 7 foot (2.1 m) long robotic arm
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Star Trek's 'tractor' beam created in miniature by researchers - 0 views
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Although light manipulation techniques have existed since the 1970s, this is the first time a light beam has been used to draw objects towards the light source, albeit at a microscopic level.
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Researchers
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have found a way to generate a special optical field that efficiently reverses radiation pressure of light.
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How salt stops plant growth - 0 views
Frequent multitaskers are bad at it: Motorists overrate ability to talk on cell phones ... - 0 views
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Most people believe they can multitask effectively, but a
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study indicates that people who multitask the most – including talking on a cell phone while driving – are least capable of doing so.
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data suggest the people talking on cell phones while driving are people who probably shouldn't. We showed that people who multitask the most are those who appear to be the least capable of multitasking effectively
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