In the remote and rain-lashed Scottish highlands, UK utility SSE has a job trying to maintain the tens of thousands of wooden poles that carry electricity across its far-flung network.

Master the concepts of average velocity and position update in this physics tutorial. Learn step-by-step how to calculate motion, update positions over time, and solve related problems with clarity.

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Along the bell curve of self-control, I sit somewhere in that far left quadrant. When attempting to change my own behavior, I’m a notoriously lenient boss, always willing to cut myself a little slack.

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A team of Australian and international scientists has, for the first time, created a full picture of how errors unfold over time inside a quantum computer—a breakthrough that could help make future ...

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(THE CONVERSATION) Among high school students and adults, girls and women are much more likely to use traditional, step-by-step algorithms to solve basic math problems – such as lining up numbers to ...