Abstract: Due to the complex nonlinear behavior and external sensitivity of pneumatic soft actuators (PSAs), it is difficult to design control methods to achieve their control objectives by ...

My friend Rhett Neumayer has been experimenting with an unorthodox but very interesting way to use handguns that don't have reciprocating slides. He fits a red dot optic on a relatively tall mount, ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In 1939, upon arriving late to his statistics course at UC Berkeley, George Dantzig—a first-year graduate student—copied two problems ...

Remedy Entertainment's long-awaited sequel to 2019's Control is almost here. On Thursday at The Game Awards, the developer revealed Control Resonant, a sequel to the first game that will make major ...

Education on birth control and its potential adverse effects is vital to women choosing the type that best suits them. Skepticism surrounding hormonal birth control has been increasing nationwide, ...

The leading approach to the simplex method, a widely used technique for balancing complex logistical constraints, can’t get any better. In 1939, upon arriving late to his statistics course at the ...

Speed demons know pulling out as a merging strategy, while politicians use it synonymously with dropping out. But in the sexicon—yes, that’s sex lexicon—pulling out refers to an 'effective' birth ...

Birth control effectiveness varies by method, with implants, IUDs, and sterilization preventing pregnancy over 99% of the time. Pills, patches, and condoms are also reliable but depend more on correct ...

According to posts on TikTok, hormonal birth control can cause a nearly unlimited list of ailments: Depression, irreversible infertility, acne, destruction of the gut biome, weight gain, balding, and ...

Birth control methods are different ways that someone can prevent pregnancy, and there are lots of different birth control options out there. If you're just starting your search for the right birth ...

Invasive sea lampreys still threaten the Great Lakes ecosystem and $5 billion fishing industry. Barriers and lampricides are effective lamprey controls, but new supplemental controls can help ...