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Quantum computing has enormous potential, but it faces a scalability problem. For such a machine to be useful in real…
An asteroid discovered late last year is continuing to stir public interest as its odds of striking planet Earth less…
In the eastern Pacific Ocean, mobulas alternate between silent undulation underwater and acrobatic leaps out of it. These magnificent rays…
Asteroid 2024 YR4, measuring approximately 40 to 100 meters wide, will pass very close to Earth in December 2032—and might…
So far the array has been tested in rats, with a version for dogs coming later, Lavella says. In a…
Could a private company create forecasts on its own without NOAA data?It would be difficult for one company to provide…
This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.In the summer of 2023, Vasileios Tsianos,…
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.Computer scientists often deal with abstract problems that are hard to…
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.Pose a question to a Magic 8 Ball, and it’ll answer…
John Clarke Mills was in a Zoom meeting when everything went to hell. It was half past 10 on the…