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Counting Crowds

The difficulties of counting the crowds at President Trump’s inauguration, also, the man behind tens of thousands of automated videos online, and the unusual world of cryonics.

How many people attended President Trump’s inauguration? How many people went to the Women’s March in Washington DC the next day? A fierce debate has been raging about the numbers of people at each event. We explore the difficulties of counting people in a crowd.

Tens of thousands of automated videos have appeared online recently. All feature photos of news events accompanied by a robotic voice. Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Trending’s very own digital supersleuth Mike Wendling investigates who’s making them and why.

Can deep-frozen bodies ever return from the dead? Mike Williams explores the science, the motivation and the ethics behind cryonics and asks whether frozen human bodies will ever be fit for a new life.

(image: Attendees line the Mall at Trump's Inauguration Day in Washington DC. Photo: Lucas Jackson/Getty Images)

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