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What Is a Relational Database? Example and Uses
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The relational database was born in 1970 when E.F. Codd, a researcher at IBM, wrote a paper outlining the process. At the time, databases were "flat," and stored as one long text file. Explore a relational database example and various uses!
What Is Boyle's Law and Why Do I Already Know It?
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Boyle's Law describes the relationship between pressure and the volume of a container with gas in it. As the volume of the container decreases, the pressure inside the container increases.
What does the Higgs boson look like?
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When something as important as the Higgs rocks our world, we want to know every last thing about it, including what it looks like. So?
Meet William James Sidis, Smartest Man to Ever Live
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Some say his IQ was 50 to 100 points higher than Albert Einstein's. So why haven't you heard his name before? We'll tell you the sad tale of why this incredible genius flamed out.
How Quantum Computers Work
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Quantum computers use the power of atoms to perform memory and processing tasks. Learn why quantum computers will be faster than silicon-based computers.
How Speech Recognition Works
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Speech recognition allows people to compose documents and control their computers with their voice. Learn about the basic types.
Does the Sun Rotate?
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Like Earth, the sun rotates, but in a different way. HowStuffWorks looks at the science.
How Video Formatting Works
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When you watch a movie on your TV, you're not always seeing the same movie that played in the theater. A lot of formatting goes into fitting a movie onto a TV screen. Learn about the changes a movie goes through so you can watch it at home.
How Rice Cookers Work
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Burned chunks or gooey paste can be the disappointing result of rice gone wrong, but a rice cooker can even the odds for even the klutziest cooks in the kitchen.
How the Living Earth Simulator Will Work
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You may have noticed that our planet isn't terribly predictable. Could a German polymath and an unfathomable pile of data change that?