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Engineering students at the University of Southern California (USC) have dramatically surpassed a 20-year-old world record for the highest altitude reached by an amateur rocket. Called Aftershock II, the suborbital spacecraft reached 470,000 feet in October, smashing the previous record by a whopping 90,000 feet.Aftershock II comes from the Rocket …

Image copyright Antony Wren Image caption The sender of the card only knew the intended recipients lived “somewhere near the sea in Suffolk” A couple say they were “amazed” to receive a Christmas card where the only address details on the envelope were “somewhere near the sea in Suffolk”. Antony …

Apple Music’s growth has been nothing if not steady since launching in June of last year. The streaming service hit 13 million paid subscribers in April and beat the 17 million mark in September. This week, the company announced a nice round milestone, telling Billboard that it now counts 20 million …