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Calculating the maximum force between two electric charges! ⚡🔋 In this video, we’ll break down how to calculate the maximum force between two point charges using Coulomb’s Law. Understand the ...

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There are "costs of life" that mechanical physics cannot calculate. A clear example is the energy required to keep specific ...

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A 20-year-old college student has rebuilt Portal, Valve's 2007 space-bending game, from the ground up, on—wait for it—a graphing calculator. In a display that puts the old calculator versions of Mario ...