TimeCapsules 2015 year in review (PDF)

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Top 10 most played tracks ////////

1.

Lean On (feat. MØ & DJ Snake) – Major Lazer  

2.

Cheerleader – Felix Jaehn Remix – OMI

3.

Uptown Funk – Mark Ronson

4.

See You Again (feat. Charlie Puth) – Wiz Khalifa

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Love Me Like You Do –  Ellie Goulding

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Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran

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Sugar - Maroon 5

8.

Where Are Ü Now - Jack Ü, Skrillex, Justin Bieber

9.

Take Me to Church - Hozier

10. Can’t Feel My Face - The Weeknd
Source: Spotify ‘Year in Music 2015’

World press photo /////////////////////

Contemporary Issues, first prize singles // Mads Nissen
2013, 2014, and 2015 are consecutive years that are
the product of three distinct primes (3 x 11 x 61, 2
x 19 x 53, and 5 x 13 x 31). The last such three-year
sequence was back in 1885-1887, and the next one
isn’t until 2665-2667.
Most searched celebrities 2015 (globally):
1. Lamar Odom
2. Ronda Rousey
3. Caitlyn Jenner
4. Adele
5. Charlie Sheen

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TIME person of the year //////////////////

Angela Merkel

Top 10 feature films ////////////////

1. Jurassic World
2. Furious Seven
3. Avengers: Age of Ultron
4. Minions
5. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
6. Inside Out
7. Spectre
8. Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
9. Fifty Shades of Grey
10. Cinderella
Source: worldwideboxoffice.com

New mammal species discovered

Hog-nosed rat, Indonesia
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Top 10 sport moments //////////////

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New England Patriots win NFL Super Bowl XLIX

2.

Ivory Coast wins Africa Cup of Nations

3.

FC Barcelona wins UEFA Champions League

4.

Golden State Warriors win NBA finals

5.

Jordan Spieth wins US Open Golf

6.

Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams win Wimbledon

7.

Chris Froome wins the Tour de France

8.

New Zealand All Blacks win Rugby World Cup

9.

Lewis Hamilton wins FIA Formula 1 Drivers’
World Championship

1 February

8 February

6 June

16 June
21 June
12 July

26 July

31 October

25 October

10. Kansas City Royals win World Series
2 November

10 trend forecast 2016 /////////////////
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The last war
Human waves
Global recession
Presidential reality show
Boomers hit 70
Self sustainability
Golden opportunities
Reasy to explode
Breeding Robots
Personalised cities
Source: The Trends Research Institute

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Top 10 YouTube videos /////////////

1. Silento- Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)
2. Clash of Clans: Revenge (Super Bowl Commercial)
3. Crazy Plastic Ball PRANK!!
4. Love Has No Labels | Diversity & Inclusion Ad
5. Lip Sync Battle with Will Ferrell, Kevin Hart
and Jimmy Fallon
6. Justin Bieber Carpool Karaoke
7. 6ft Man in 6ft Giant Water Balloon
8. Audition Britain’s Got Talent 2015 Calum Scott
9. Dover Police DashCam Confessional (Shake it Off)
10. Mean Tweets - President Obama Edition
Source: YouTube

Top 10 Fashion trends ///////////////

1. Scarves & Bandanas
2. Crop Tops
3. White sneakers
4. Button front skirts
5. Athleisure (casual workout clothes)
6. Lace-up fronts
7. Stacked rings
8. Off the shoulder tops
9. Gender nonconformity
10. Nudity is the new black
Source: Elle.com, TheRefinery29.com, a.o.
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Top Trending on Twitter # //////////

#JeSuisParis - Tweeters show their solidarity with
Parisians after terror attacks in November as well as
the attacks in January at the headquarters of satirical
magazine Charlie Hebdo.
#BlackLivesMatter - people express their anger over
a string of shootings involving the police and black
citizens in Ferguson, Charleston and Baltimore.
#LoveWins - Celebrating same-sex marriages after
the US Supreme Court confirmed the legalisation.
# RefugeesWelcome - Fleeing refugees from the
Middle East making their way to Europe.
Source: Twitter

Top 10 Google searches ////////////

1. Lamar Odom
2. Charlie Hebdo
3. Agar.io
4. Jurassic World
5. Paris
6. Furious 7
7. Fallout 4
8. Ronda Rousey
9. Caitlyn Jenner
10. American Sniper
Source: Google - Global searches 2015

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Top 10 News headlines /////////////

Two gunmen attack the Paris offices of the French
satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, wounding 11 and
killing 12. The gunmen attack Charlie Hebdo in order
to punish the magazine for the publication of cartoons
that mocked the Prophet Mohammad (January 7)
Germanwings Flight 9525 crashes into the French
Alps. All 150 people on board are killed. A later
investigation reveals that co-pilot Andreas Lubitz had
suffered from depression in the past. (March 24)
Four masked gunmen attack Garissa University
College in eastern Kenya, killing 147 people and
injuring 104. The Somalia-based Al-Shabaab militant
group claims responsibility for the attack. (April 2)
A 7.8-magnitude earthquake strikes Nepal, near
Kathmandu, killing more than 8,000 people (April 25)
The Duchess of Cambridge gives birth to her second
child with Prince William. Their daughter, will be
known as Her Royal Highness Princess Charlotte
Elizabeth Diana. (May 2)
Cuba and the United States officially re-establish
diplomatic relations after 54 years. (July 20)
Greece receives its third bailout. This package is
worth up to 86 billion euros ($95 billion). (August 20)
U.S. regulators say that Volkswagen has programmed
500,000 vehicles to emit lower levels of harmful
emissions in official tests than on the roads.
Volkswagen later reveals that internal investigations
had found significant discrepancies in 11 million
vehicles worldwide. (September 18)
Three teams of gun-wielding ISIS suicide bombers
hit six locations around Paris, killing 130 people and
wounding hundreds. (November 13)
A landmark climate change agreement is approved
in Paris at the 21st Conference of Parties, or COP21.
(December 12)
Source: CNN a.o.

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Top 10 World’s most powerful people

1.

Vladimir Putin (63)
President of Russia

2.

Angela Merkel (61)
Chancellor of Germany

3.

Barack Obama (54)
President of the United States

4.

Pope Francis (79)
Pope of Roman Catholic Church

5.

Xi Jinping (62)
General Secretary, Communist Party of China

6.

Bill Gates (60)
Co-Chair of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

7.

Janet Yellen (69)
Chair of the Federal Reserve

8.

David Cameron (49)
Prime Minister, United Kingdom

9.

Narendra Modi (65)
Prime Minister, India

10. Larry Page (42)
CEO, Google
Source: Forbes

Scientific Discoveries // Vocal Cords
Using cells from human donors, doctors have, for
the first time, built a set of vocal cords from
scratch. The cells were urged to form a tissue that
mimics vocal fold mucosa - vibrating flaps in the
larynx that create the sounds of the human voice.
This amazing breakthrough could someday restore
speech to patients who lost their vocal cords due
to illness or surgery.
Source: New Scientist

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Scientific Discoveries // Male Birth Control
Two drugs, cyclosporine A (also known as CsA)
and FK506 (also known as tacrolimus) have been
identified as having the potential to work as a
male birth control pill. The combination of drugs
make the part of the sperm that connects the
tail and the head too rigid to penetrate the zona
pellucida - the membrane that surrounds the egg.
Source: Medical Xpress

Scientific Discoveries // Perfect Vision
A revolutionary new lens, called the Ocumetics
Bionic Lens, was developed in British Columbia by
obtometrist Dr. Garth Webb. The lens would instantly
give patients perfect vision, with no need for driving
glasses, progressive lenses, or contact lenses. The lens
would also prevent cataracts and could be implanted,
through surgery, in just eight minutes.
Source: Collective Evolution

Top 10 innovations ///////////////////

1.

Magic Leap - 3D Imagery

2.

Nano-Architecture

3.

Car-to-Car Communication

4.

Project Loon (Google wifi helium ballons)

5.

Liquid Biopsy (Cancer blood tests)

6.

Megascale Desalination (reverse-osmosis plant)

7.

Apple Pay

8.

Brain Organoids

9.

Supercharged Photosynthesis

10. Internet of DNA
Source: MIT Technology review
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