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Category : Science / Physics and Math

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Science / Physics and Math

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Why Can’t You Switch Seats in an Empty Airplane? thumbnail

Why Can’t You Switch Seats in an

Yes, the weight distribution on an aircraft really does affect...

The Simple Math Behind Public Key Cryptography thumbnail

The Simple Math Behind Public Key Cryptography

The security system that underlies the internet makes use of...

Everyone Is Capable of Mathematical Thinking—Yes, Even You thumbnail

Everyone Is Capable of Mathematical Thinking—Yes, Even

Mathematician David Bessis claims that mathematical thinking isn’t what you...

The Physics of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloons thumbnail

The Physics of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day

How do these giant balloons work? What makes them both...

Mathematicians Just Debunked the ‘Bunkbed Conjecture’ thumbnail

Mathematicians Just Debunked the ‘Bunkbed Conjecture’

This famous probability theory was intuitive, even obvious. It was...

Scientists Establish the Best Algorithm for Traversing a Map thumbnail

Scientists Establish the Best Algorithm for Traversing

Dijkstra’s algorithm was long thought to be the most efficient...

The Incredible Power of Quantum Memory thumbnail

The Incredible Power of Quantum Memory

Researchers are exploring new ways that quantum computers will be...

The Quantum Geometry That Exists Outside of Space and Time thumbnail

The Quantum Geometry That Exists Outside of

A decade after the discovery of the “amplituhedron,” physicists have...

The Secret Electrostatic World of Insects thumbnail

The Secret Electrostatic World of Insects

Invisibly to us, insects and other tiny creatures use static...

The Physics Trick That Makes These New Super Cars So Insanely Fast thumbnail

The Physics Trick That Makes These New

Zero to 60 in 1.4 seconds? By lowering air pressure...

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