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Yagi–Uda Antenna

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Gay Bomb

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Hypothetical psychochemical weapon For the WWII bomber, see Enola Gay. For the act of protest, see...
Hypothetical psychochemical weapon For the WWII bomber, see Enola Gay. For the act of protest, see Glitter bombing. The "gay bomb" (informally known) refers to a non-lethal psychochemical weapon concept that was speculated upon by a research laboratory within the United States Air Force. This unconventional idea inv...
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Friedrich Glasl's model of conflict escalation

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Model that assists in the analysis of conflictsFriedrich Glasl's model of conflict escalation assists in the...
Model that assists in the analysis of conflictsFriedrich Glasl's model of conflict escalation assists in the analysis of conflicts. Appropriate reactions can be derived from this analysis. The model has nine stages – in contrast to the earlier model of Kurt R. Spillmann,[1] which describes five distinct stages of es...
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Albino Redwood

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Tree without chlorophyll Foliage of an 'albino' redwood An albino[a] redwood is a redwood tree which...
Tree without chlorophyll Foliage of an 'albino' redwood An albino[a] redwood is a redwood tree which is unable to produce chlorophyll, and has white needles instead of the normal green. It survives by obtaining sugar through the connections between its roots and those of neighboring normal redwood(s), usually the pa...
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Zooming User Interface (ZUI)

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Graphical interface allowing for image scaling Example of a ZUI In computing, a zooming user interface...
Graphical interface allowing for image scaling Example of a ZUI In computing, a zooming user interface or zoomable user interface (ZUI, pronounced zoo-ee) is a type of graphical user interface (GUI) where users can change the scale of the viewed area in order to see more detail or less, and browse through different ...
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Optical Tweezers

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Scientific instruments A photograph of a nanoparticle (diameter 103 nm) trapped by an optical tweezer. The...
Scientific instruments A photograph of a nanoparticle (diameter 103 nm) trapped by an optical tweezer. The nanoparticle can be seen as the tiny bright spot in the middle. For additional control two copper electrodes are placed above and below the particle. Optical tweezers (originally called single-beam gradient for...
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Paradox of Plenty

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Theory that resource wealth slows growth This article's lead section may be too short to adequately...
Theory that resource wealth slows growth This article's lead section may be too short to adequately summarize the key points. Please consider expanding the lead to provide an accessible overview of all important aspects of the article. (June 2022) The resource curse, also known as the paradox of plenty or the povert...
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Climategate (2009)

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2009 controversy Climatic Research Unit email controversy The Climatic Research Unit email controversy (also known as...
2009 controversy Climatic Research Unit email controversy The Climatic Research Unit email controversy (also known as "Climategate")[2][3] began in November 2009 with the hacking of a server at the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) at the University of East Anglia (UEA) by an external attacker,[4][5] copying thousands of...
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Saskatoon Freezing Deaths

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Deaths of indigenous Canadians linked to the Saskatoon Police Service A photo of a riverbank near...
Deaths of indigenous Canadians linked to the Saskatoon Police Service A photo of a riverbank near Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, taken during winter. During the winter months, average temperatures in Saskatoon can be as cold as −20.7 °C (−5.3 °F).[1] The Saskatoon freezing deaths involved Indigenous Canadians in and immed...
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Swatch Internet Time

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Alternate time system by watch maker Swatch Swatch Internet Time logo Time[a] (update) 24-hour time (UTC)...
Alternate time system by watch maker Swatch Swatch Internet Time logo Time[a] (update) 24-hour time (UTC) 23:59:31 .beat time (BMT) @41.33 Swatch Internet Time (or .beat time) is a decimal time system introduced in 1998 by the Swatch corporation as part of their marketing campaign for their line of ".beat" watches. ...
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Monomyth

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Pattern in storytelling "The Hero's Journey" redirects here. For other uses, see The Hero's Journey (disambiguation)....
Pattern in storytelling "The Hero's Journey" redirects here. For other uses, see The Hero's Journey (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Hiero's Journey. Illustration of the hero's journey In narratology and comparative mythology, the hero's journey, also known as the monomyth, is the common template of stories...
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George Washington Carver

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American botanist and inventor (1864–1943) "George Carver" redirects here. For other people of the same name,...
American botanist and inventor (1864–1943) "George Carver" redirects here. For other people of the same name, see George Carver (disambiguation). George Washington Carver (c. 1864[1] – January 5, 1943) was an American agricultural scientist and inventor who promoted alternative crops to cotton and methods to prevent...
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List of failed and overbudget custom software projects

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This article contains dynamic lists that may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness....
This article contains dynamic lists that may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. This is a list of notable custom software projects which have significantly failed to achieve some or all of their objectives, either temporarily or...
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Wikipedia Abuse Filter

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Edit filter management Tags management Edit filter Noticeboard Documentation How to create a filter Traps and...
Edit filter management Tags management Edit filter Noticeboard Documentation How to create a filter Traps and pitfalls Requested edit filters Reporting false positives Tags documentation Welcome to the Edit Filter management interface. Using the Edit Filter, authorized users can configure a wide range of tests, whic...
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Von Neumann's Elephant

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Problem in recreational mathematics Von Neumann's elephant is a problem in recreational mathematics, consisting of constructing...
Problem in recreational mathematics Von Neumann's elephant is a problem in recreational mathematics, consisting of constructing a planar curve in the shape of an elephant from only four fixed parameters. It originated from a discussion between physicists John von Neumann and Enrico Fermi. History In a 2004 article i...
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The Battle of B-R5RB

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Massive virtual battle in the EVE Online game The Battle of B-R5RB or the Bloodbath of...
Massive virtual battle in the EVE Online game The Battle of B-R5RB or the Bloodbath of B-R5RB (/ˈbiː tæk ɑːr faɪv ɑːr ˈbiː/ ⓘ) was a massive-scale virtual battle fought in the MMORPG space game EVE Online in January 2014 (YC 116 in-game), possibly the largest player-versus-player battle in gaming history at the time...
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Germanwings Flight 9525

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2015 deliberate airliner crash in France Germanwings Flight 9525 Germanwings Flight 9525[1] was a scheduled international...
2015 deliberate airliner crash in France Germanwings Flight 9525 Germanwings Flight 9525[1] was a scheduled international passenger flight from Barcelona–El Prat Airport in Spain to Düsseldorf Airport in Germany. The flight was operated by Germanwings, a low-cost carrier owned by the German airline Lufthansa. On 24 ...
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Program Synthesis

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In computer science, program synthesis is the task to construct a program that provably satisfies a...
In computer science, program synthesis is the task to construct a program that provably satisfies a given high-level formal specification. In contrast to program verification, the program is to be constructed rather than given; however, both fields make use of formal proof techniques, and both comprise approaches of...
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Hügelkultur

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Countersteering

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Single-track vehicle steering technique For the technique with a similar name used in automobiles, see Countersteering...
Single-track vehicle steering technique For the technique with a similar name used in automobiles, see Countersteering (Automobile). Countersteering is used by single-track vehicle operators, such as cyclists and motorcyclists, to initiate a turn toward a given direction by momentarily steering counter to the desire...
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Secretary Problem

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Mathematical problem involving optimal stopping theory Graphs of probabilities of getting the best candidate (red circles)...
Mathematical problem involving optimal stopping theory Graphs of probabilities of getting the best candidate (red circles) from n applications, and k/n (blue crosses) where k is the sample size The secretary problem demonstrates a scenario involving optimal stopping theory[1][2] that is studied extensively in the fi...
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V-2 No. 13

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Boaty McBoatface

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British autonomous underwater vehicle Boaty McBoatface For the subject of the viral internet poll, see RRS...
British autonomous underwater vehicle Boaty McBoatface For the subject of the viral internet poll, see RRS Sir David Attenborough. Boaty McBoatface[2][7] (also known as Boaty)[1][6] is the British lead boat in a fleet of three robotic lithium battery–powered autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) of the Autosub Long ...
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Drinker Paradox

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Apparent logical paradox The drinker paradox (also known as the drinker's theorem, the drinker's principle, or...
Apparent logical paradox The drinker paradox (also known as the drinker's theorem, the drinker's principle, or the drinking principle) is a theorem of classical predicate logic that can be stated as "There is someone in the pub such that, if he or she is drinking, then everyone in the pub is drinking." It was popula...
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