Physicists Have Argued Over This Problem Since 1883. It May Now Be Solved.

For more than a century, physicists debated which way a submerged sprinkler sucking in water would spin. Careful experiments ...
Interesting Engineering

Mathematicians use children’s ‘silly sprinklers’ to solve decades-old physics mystery

A team of mathematicians from US universities has solved the Sprinkler Problem, a decades-old physics mystery regarding how a ...

The Value Of Reverse Mentoring: Why Great Leaders Never Stop Learning

By creating opportunities for employees of different generations to learn from one another, reverse mentoring elevates ...
Wilson Center

Giving Up on the Bomb: Revisiting Libya’s Decision to Dismantle its Nuclear Program

What did Libyan officials think they would get from the 2003 deal? Why did they abandon the nuclear weapons program and what were their reactions to the outcome of the deal prior to the 2011 uprising?
Ars Technica

How “omnipotent” hackers tied to NSA hid for 14 years—and were found at last

CANCUN, Mexico — In 2009, one or more prestigious researchers received a CD by mail that contained pictures and other materials from a recent scientific conference they attended in Houston. The ...