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How Variable Sweep Wings Solved Problems Fixed Wings Couldn’t

The variable sweep wing was a groundbreaking approach that allowed aircraft to adapt their shape to different phases of flight. This video explains why engineers selected this complex system, how it ...
Wall Street Journal

Variable Life Insurance: How It Works, Risks and Rewards

These policies let you invest your cash value directly in mutual fund-like accounts, but they also carry risks if the investments lose money Written By Written by Insurance Staff Writer, WSJ | Buy ...
AZOM

Poisson's Ratio Analysis for Material Behavior Testing

When stretching an adhesive specimen along a longitudinal direction, it has a tendency to thin in a lateral direction. Measuring the relationship between how thin a material becomes during stretching ...
Popular Science

Here’s how to generate a truly random number with quantum physics

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Very little in this life is truly random. A coin flip is influenced ...
The Cincinnati Enquirer

Who is Le Poisson Steve? See the viral orange fish, full song lyrics for internet sensation

A beloved French cartoon fish is now the internet's latest viral hit, amassing tens of millions of views online. The orange fish, affectionately known as "Le Poisson Steve," has spawned a series of ...
The New York Times

An Orange Fish With Arms and Legs, and a Song You Can’t Escape

How Steve, a French cartoon with a catchy theme song, became a TikTok star. By Madison Malone Kircher If you have not yet heard the French song about an orange fish named Steve that is currently ...
PC World

Windows 10 users struggle with several problems after March update

Windows 10 remains one of the most robust versions of the operating system, which is why so many users see no reason to switch to Windows 11. However, this month’s KB5053606 update is proving ...
Pew Research Center

Americans Continue to View Several Economic Issues as Top National Problems

Pew Research Center conducted this study to understand Americans’ views of problems facing the country. For this analysis, we surveyed 5,086 adults from Jan. 27 to Feb. 2, 2025. Everyone who took part ...
Live Science

Mathematicians devised novel problems to challenge advanced AIs' reasoning skills — and they failed almost every test

Current AI models struggle to solve research-level math problems, with the most advanced AI systems we have today solving just 2% of the hundreds of challenges faced. When you purchase through links ...
The Verge

Penguin Random House books now explicitly say ‘no’ to AI training

The copyright page on new books and reprints now says they can’t be used or reproduced ‘for the purpose of training artificial intelligence.’ The copyright page on new books and reprints now says they ...
The Journal News

'Au revoir' to one Westchester French restaurant and hello to another (in the same place)

More changes have taken place at Bedford's La Crémaillère, the iconic French restaurant that has had a long history in Westchester. The 77-year-old fine dining spot, which rebranded as Le Poisson in ...