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Hey Trump, This Is Why the Civil War Happened
I asked historians to respond to Trump's question: "Why was there a civil war?" Here's what they told me.
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How To Understand Black Holes
Physicist and writer Sabine Hossenfelder explains in '10 Things You Should Know About Black Holes.'
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Physicist Neil Turok Explains the 'Astonishing Simplicity of Everything'
"The ways in which the universe has regular, predictable behavior."
Peter Shor Explains His Namesake Encryption-Crumbling Quantum Algorithm
The latest from 100 Second Science.
Know Your Language: The Ghost in the Shell Script
Shell scripts are the programs that tell other programs to do stuff, but that's just the start.
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How Physicists Measure Gravitational Waves
Catching a glimpse of the weakest fundamental force in action isn't easy.
Inside the Inscrutable Physics of a Heart Murmur
The hushed rumble of disrupted blood flow hides a mathematical monster.