Posts tagged twitter
“ Say hello to #DNews! The latest stories in news & science are coming your way Dec 5th, so subscribe now! http://youtu.be/VOECfx45EU4 & please RT ;)”
in case you missed it…
This Ghost Nebula is No Fake Sandy Photo
Join Trace as he calls out the fake photos of Hurricane Sandy, gets creeped out by a ghost nebula and finally explains how the giant moai statues were moved around on Easter Island!
America’s Facebook Generation Is Reading Strong
Taken from NPR:
In what may come as a pleasant surprise to people who fear the Facebook generation has given up on reading — or, at least, reading anything longer than 140 characters — a new report from the Pew Research Center’s Internet and American Life Project reveals the prominent role of books, libraries and technology in the lives of young readers, ages 16 to 29.
Kathryn Zickuhr, the study’s main author, joins NPR’s David Greene to discuss the results.
Click here to read the full article.
i’d wager this is because of e-readers and the micro-pricing and commoditization of the book business.
plus it’s easer to read 50 shards of whatever when no one can see the cover.
i’m not sure if i should be laughing or crying.
Haitians read #FirstWorldProblems tweets out loud . The result is decidedly unfunny.
Want to send your tweets into space? Check out our interview with the guys who help get them there tonight at 10.30-11pm ET.
Before triple-jumper Voula Papachristou even had a chance to take the field at the London Summer Olympics, she tweeted the following: “With so many Africans in Greece… At least the West Nile mosquitoes will eat home made food!!!”
The tweet set off a firestorm with many calling the tweet racist. Just days before the opening ceremonies, the Greek athlete lost the support of the Olympic crowd — and her chance to compete.
Rumor Has It: Higgs Buzz Sparks Twitter Trend
Just before 3 p.m. on Wednesday, June 20, 2012, the elusive Higgs boson made science history: it topped the list of trending Twitter topics via the hashtag #HiggsRumors. All this because of a flurry of rumors that began on a handful of physics blogs, and quickly spread to media outlets.
(the real culprit for the Twitter outage today?)
'What's The Fuzz With Jews?': DNews Nuggets
Sweden’s official twitter feed is getting some buzz. In an experiement, it’s being mannned by everyday volunteer Swedes.
One woman’s week-long stint manning Sweden’s twitter feed has caught the world’s attention. Sonja Abrahamsson, a 27-year-old mother of two, is running the country’s twitter feed this week and kicked it off yesterday with Hitler jokes, as the Atlantic Wire reports. Now, she’s on to talk about Jews.
Tweeting SpaceX Launch, Take Two
Days after aborting a rocket launch at the last second, SpaceX is once again set to blast off from Cape Canaveral, Fla.
DiscoveryNews Space Editor Ian O’Neill is pulling another all-nighter. (Follow Ian on Tumblr here)
Ian will be live tweeting the SpaceX launch here: .@Discovery_Space and @astroengine (Ian’s personal Twitter which, he says, “will carry more opinion and hilarious anecdotes about hamsters”) and here: @Discovery_News
Candidate’s Popularity Determined Using Twitter
Senior engineering students at the University of Cincinnati developed Twipolitico, a Web-based application that can gauge the popularity of the 2012 presidential candidates.
Top 100 Scientists on Twitter
DiscoveryNews’ Ian O’Neill (@astroengine) makes a strong appearance here at number 2!
