IBM’s quantum computer cuts error rates 10x in 15-minute test
IBM and University of Chicago researchers have demonstrated a quantum computing system that they say can perform a…
Wolf vs coyote: Size, behaviour, habitat and the surprising differences between them |
Wolves and coyotes, both canids, share North America but exhibit distinct survival strategies. Wolves hunt large prey in…
Hematite Hidden for Decades in Spirit’s Archive Rewrites Mars Water History
The answer was already on Earth. Nearly 5 terabytes of raw data from NASA’s Spirit rover — filed…
Northern Lights: 9 States Could See The Aurora Friday
Topline The aurora borealis may make an appearance in up to nine states Friday night, according to the…
Astronomers Measure the Long Reach of a Quasar
There are a number of things in the Universe that could wipe out life as we know it,…
South Africa released 11 formerly captive elephants onto wild reserves; five years later, their behaviour closely matched elephants that had never lived in captivity
Rewilded elephants on Khamab Kalahari Reserve, who were observed during this research project (from left to right: Ngwedi,…
New Methods to Hunt Lunar Frozen Water
Key TakeawaysThe new work presents an approach to find ice deposits hidden in the moon’s subsurface.The team studied…
‘Was this heatwave caused by climate change?’ – we’re asking the wrong question
As the UK has baked through extreme heatwaves this summer, the same question has echoed across television studios…
APOD: 2026 July 31 – NGC 4372 and the Dark Doodad
Explanation: The Dark Doodad Nebula drifts through southern skies, a tantalizing target for binoculars toward the small constellation…
Extensible universal photonic quantum computing with nonlinearity
Rad, H. A. et al. Scaling and networking a modular photonic quantum computer. Nature 638, 912–919 (2025). Article …
Critically endangered sawfish are still killed for teeth carved into cockfighting spurs; one rostrum can produce products worth roughly $8,000
Sawfish are some of the ocean’s most unusual animals. With their long, saw-like snouts and ancient-looking bodies, they…
‘Super-Earth’ planet shows signs it could have an atmosphere
‘Super-Earth’ planet shows signs it could have an atmosphere Scientists say they have detected promising signs that a…