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Quantum Supremacy Is Coming: Here’s What You Should Know

Researchers are getting close to building a quantum computer that can perform tasks a classical computer can’t. Here’s what the milestone will mean.

July 20, 2019

How (Relatively) Simple Symmetries Underlie Our Expanding Universe

Although Einstein’s theory of space-time seems more complicated than Newtonian physics, it greatly simplified the mathematical description of the universe.

July 20, 2019

Data-Driven Discovery Reveals Earth’s Missing Minerals

The quest to uncover the thousands of unknown mineral species.

July 18, 2019

She Rewrote the Moon’s Origin Story

The Apollo missions were a giant leap for science.

July 17, 2019

“You’ll Know Her by Her Foot”

An ornithologist reflects on Emily Dickinson’s “You'll know her by her foot.”

July 16, 2019

Ingenious: Mazviita Chirimuuta

Color is a dance between your brain and the world.

July 12, 2019

Does Dark Matter Harbor Life?

An invisible civilization could be living right under your nose.

July 11, 2019