The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price.

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Social media companies and their respective algorithms have repeatedly been accused of fueling political polarization by promoting divisive content on their platforms. Now, two U.S. Senators have ...

During a recent Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) got into a tense exchange with U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, scolding her dodging straightforward questions on ...

Despite the Jacksonville Jaguars placing Travis Hunter on injured reserve heading into the contest against the Las Vegas Raiders, the team would end up winning 30-29 on Sunday. In the contest, history ...

A special technique produces very wide loop BWs in high-frequency PLLs (and hence, indirect (PLL) synthesizers), thereby achieving very low phase noise rivaling that of direct (MMD) synthesizers. A ...

A qualified charitable distribution is a direct transfer from your pretax IRA to a qualified charity. Instead of withdrawing the money and then donating it, which counts as taxable income because it ...