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Google breakthrough paves way for large-scale quantum computers
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Huge asteroid impact may have knocked over Jupiter’s largest moon
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How to avoid being fooled by AI-generated misinformation
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Quantum holograms can send messages that disappear
Polarised light can make messages encoded in a quantum hologram disappearHong Liang,…
Why is the US military getting ready to launch new spy balloons?
A high-altitude balloon launched by the US Army Pacific in the Philippines…
Read an extract from Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower
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Eastern equine encephalitis: Mosquito-borne illnesses are spiking across the world
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