Baseball may seem like a maze of statistics and numbers, but one tradition remains a mystery — the hand signals a third base coach uses to indicate a steal. Imagine if a simple app could predict the runner's next move. That's exactly what one computer engineer tried to do.

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The deepest hole ever dug on Earth is the Kola Superdeep Borehole, which goes almost 6 miles down. But that's still less than 1% of the way to the Earth's core. So, how do scientists study it? The answer: Lasers.

We all know the classic image of a raindrop. It has a circular figure with a pointy top. But, it turns out raindrops come in many shapes. Even more interesting, when scientists researched them, they discovered raindrops can help predict weather patterns. So what do these newfound shapes actually mean?

Encryption algorithms are used for security purposes in many facets of today's world. We can use them to keep our messages private, send photos we want to keep discrete and hide our location. But did you know the FBI has its own encryption system that is virtually uncrackable? This complicated algorithm uses a unique system that no one has ever broken.

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