Since ancient Greece, researchers have tried to isolate special rational points on curves. Now they have the first ever formula that applies uniformly to all curves ...
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The currents of the oceans, the roiling surface of the sun, and the clouds of smoke billowing off a forest fire—all are ...
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The Signal Path] shows us how to recreate a classic science experiment to measure the weight of an electron. Things are ...
The teenager was researching the Miura-ori fold when Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida and wildfires raged in Southern California. “I thought maybe these origami patterns, which are strong and ...
Infamously, the UK’s largest lake has been repeatedly hit by blue-green algae in recent years – a situation described as a “freshwater emergency” posing a threat to wildlife, the environment and even ...