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Does String Theory Explain the Wiring of the Brain?

Does string theory—the controversial “theory of everything” from physics—tell us anything about consciousness and the human ...

Clorox buys maker of Purell for $2.25 billion in ‘compelling combination’

Clorox is acquiring a company that was founded in 1946, and found its success providing workers in Ohio tire factories with ...

‘I’m completely disgusted by the lack of accountability’: I bought a dud mattress — twice. How can I get my money back?

“I have been living in mattress hell.” ...

Hannah Hidalgo Refuses to Blame Niele Ivey After Notre Dame’s Loss Exposes a Bigger Problem

You said one-woman show, I heard Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Like it has been multiple times this season, it was all upto Hannah Hidalgo against Clemson.

This may be the grossest eye pic ever—but the cause is what’s truly horrifying

A generally healthy 63-year-old man in the New England area went to the hospital with a fever, cough, and vision problems in ...

3 Plays In Which Klint Kubiak Put the Rams' Defense On a String

In his first two games against the Los Angeles Rams this season — regular-season contests in Weeks 11 and 16 — Seattle Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold completed 51 of 78 passes for 549 yards, two ...

MIT’s new ‘recursive’ framework lets LLMs process 10 million tokens without context rot

While standard models suffer from context rot as data grows, MIT’s new Recursive Language Model (RLM) framework treats ...

Wall Street’s TACO trade runs into problem of its own making

Short for "Trump Always Chickens Out," the TACO trade quickly became the rallying cry for investors tuning out the more ...
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Understanding the capstan equation | Friction and wrapped strings

In this video, we explain the capstan equation and how friction affects a rope or string wrapped around a surface. You’ll learn where the equation comes from, what each term means, and how it’s ...