A self-described "little farm girl" in the Jim Crow Era, Gladys West's complex and pioneering work for the U.S. Navy helped to improve billions of lives — and keep us from getting lost.
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Geometry Int, Guangzhou Pinling Network Technology Co. Ltd. Geometry Int and Guangzhou Pinling Network Technology, operating as Bambilo, were hit with a patent infringement lawsuit over exercise mats ...
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...
The amplituhedron is a geometric shape with an almost mystical quality: Compute its volume, and you get the answer to a central calculation in physics about how particles interact. Now, a young ...
A minimalist abstract artwork showing three circles linked together, each filled with layered neon stripes in red, green, and yellow against black. Sentencing underway for Sean 'Diddy' Combs ...