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Honor Powrie explores the current status and future potential of quantum computers

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A massive eruption 74,000 years ago shook the planet, and archaeologists are using volcanic glass to figure out how humans made it through.

Rethinking AI’s place in science

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Concentrating funding at high-powered universities can maximize output, paper argues, but may sacrifice broader benefits

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