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First proton beams circulate in US test accelerator built to shape future colliders

US researchers have successfully accelerated and stored the first proton beams inside a specialized ...

You Can Approximate Pi by Dropping Needles on the Floor

In this simulation, 66 of the 100 needles crossed a line (you can count ’em). Using this number, we get a value of pi at 3.0303—which is not 3.14—but it's not terrible for just 100 needles. With ...