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In this Python astrophysics tutorial, I walk you through calculating the gravitational field produced by a ring of mass. Using numerical methods and Python libraries, we explore how to compute ...

President Trump speaks at Thursday's ceremony as Rwandan President Kagame (c) and DRC President Tshisekedi look on. Photo: Andrew Cabellero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty ...

South Africa has withdrawn from the DRC peace mission, as regional fractures deepen. The U.S.-led deal highlights resource-driven geopolitics. Feb. 13, Pretoria: President Cyril Ramaphosa (center) ...

In 2024, the DRC experienced an uptick in primary forest loss, with 590,000 hectares of forest lost, according to satellite data visualized on Global Forest Watch. Subsistence agriculture continues to ...

Calibre Vision AI transforms chip-level DRC debug with AI-driven analysis and compact OASIS format, enabling rapid root cause identification, faster iterations and actionable insights for today’s most ...

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Over the last year, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been embattled by a new wave of conflict and atrocity crimes. At the beginning of the year, M23 rebels seized several regions, including ...

Planet China: Seventh in a series about how Beijing’s trillion-dollar development plan is reshaping the globe—and the natural world. Chinese miners are illegally extracting Congolese gold on a vast ...

Violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, goes "against the spirit and the letter of both the bilateral DRC-Rwanda peace agreement and the DRC-[March 23 Movement] declaration of principles,” ...

Whether you’re solving geometry problems, handling scientific computations, or processing data arrays, calculating square roots in Python is a fundamental task. Python offers multiple approaches for ...

If the right incentives are applied, Rwanda and the DRC have the chance to cement a mutually beneficial relationship. Recent efforts, catalyzed largely by the Trump administration, to produce a peace ...