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Robotics

The Number of Joints Shapes Movement: Degrees of Freedom

What determines how a robot can move? This article explains degrees of freedom, covering what the term means, how six-axis industrial robot arms work, the degrees of freedom of the

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Earth science

Reading Age from an Atomic Clock: Radiometric Dating

Radiometric dating calculates how old a rock or artifact is by comparing a radioactive isotope with the material it decays into. This article covers how half-life works, how differ

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Physics

A Thunderclap from a Clear Sky: The Sonic Boom

A sonic boom is the loud sound made when the shock waves created by an object moving faster than sound reach the ground. This article explains how sonic booms form, the small sonic

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Information technology

Bugs Reveal Themselves When You Talk: Rubber Duck Debugging

Rubber duck debugging is a debugging method in which you find problems by explaining your code, line by line and out loud, to a rubber duck on your desk. This article covers where

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Physics

Electric Whirlpools Inside Metal: Eddy Current

An eddy current is a swirling electric current induced inside a conductor such as metal by a changing magnetic field. This article covers how eddy currents arise, Lenz's law, why t