The Storywrangler: Scientists create tool to explore billions of social media messages, potentially predict turmoils

For thousands of years, people looked into the night sky with their naked eyes—and told stories about the few visible stars. Then we invented telescopes. In 1840, the philosopher Thomas Carlyle claimed that "the history of the world is but the biography of great men." Then we started posting on Twitter.

The Storywrangler: Scientists create tool to explore billions of social media messages, potentially predict turmoils
For thousands of years, people looked into the night sky with their naked eyes—and told stories about the few visible stars. Then we invented telescopes. In 1840, the philosopher Thomas Carlyle claimed that "the history of the world is but the biography of great men." Then we started posting on Twitter.