An artist’s impression of IBM’s Eagle quantum processing unitIBM IBM has made a significant advance on the road to larger and more powerful quantum computers by linking two such devices together and performing calculations beyond the capabilities of either alone....
An artist’s depiction of a system showing its host star, transiting planet and misaligned protoplanetary discNASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt, K. Miller (Caltech/IPAC) A world seen orbiting a 3-million-year-old star about 520 light years from Earth is one of the youngest known planets,...
Can AI replicate individual humans?gremlin/Getty Images An experiment simulating more than 1000 real people using the artificial intelligence model behind ChatGPT has successfully replicated their unique thoughts and personalities with high accuracy, sparking concerns about the ethics of mimicking individuals...
The biggest and most powerful rocket ever built now has a half-dozen launches under its belt.SpaceX's 400-foot-tall (122 meters) Starship megarocket lifted off for the sixth time ever today (Nov. 19), rising off the orbital launch mount at the company's...
In Sing Sing, theatre is a humanity-affirming, hope-giving act. Watching the film, though, I was reminded that theatre is not inherently humanity-affirming or hope-giving. As with anything, it is a tool shaped by those who wield it, and how, and...
November 20, 20244 min readHealth Research Could Face Severe Cuts and Changes Under TrumpSweeping reorganization and more research scrutiny could be on the way for the U.S. National Institutes of HealthBy Max Kozlov & Nature magazineThe U.S. National Institutes of Health,...
This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center’s Ocean Reporting Network.BAKU, Azerbaijan—A steady stream of international government and business leaders have been trekking to the China Pavilion, one of the largest among dozens of showcase spaces here at...
Calories on menus mean we can no longer pretend that fast food is slimmingDavid Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images When you go to a restaurant, you may well be presented with a wide array of dishes, each printed on a...
Rachel Feltman: Picture two pregnant people walking into the same hospital to give birth. They have identical medical histories and experienced identical pregnancies. They’re seeing the same obstetrician. The only difference between them is that one is Black and the...
November 20, 20244 min readForcing a Smile Using Electrical Stimulation Can Boost Your Mood Researchers directed electric current to activate targeted facial muscles and then asked study participants how they feltBy Rachel Nuwer Plume Creative/Getty ImagesThe expression “a smile a...
