physics
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A curling stone, due to the immutable laws of physics, slows down as it crosses the ice.
This setup allowed the team to evaluate how individual models handled water cycle physics and to compare the combined ensemble average with real-world climate observations.
From Science Daily
Supercomputers used across the nuclear weapons complex consume vast amounts of electricity to simulate the physics of nuclear systems and other high stakes scenarios.
From Science Daily
"Around half of reef locations affected by bleaching-level heat stress were exposed twice or more during the three-year event -- often with devastating consequences," said Scott Heron, professor of physics at James Cook University.
From Science Daily
“I’m not a physics person, but it helps. If you don’t have enough speed, you’ll fall off. So you need to accept the speed.”
From Los Angeles Times
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