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Science
What we know, what we are learning, and what the labs are not telling you.
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Rigetti 108-Qubit Processor and Investor Valuation Puzzle
Rigetti Computing launched a processor containing 108 qubits, marking an emerging milestone in quantum hardware. The company introduced a processor containing 108 qubits. 1] This number places Rigetti among the leaders...
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458Science
Three Scientific Findings That Overturn Old Beliefs
Three young goats were allowed to headbutt freely for six months. 1] Researchers scanned their brains at the start and at the end of that period. The scans showed no signs of serious brain damage. 1] But they did reveal...
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459Science
Moving Floors Stop Skyscrapers from Swaying
Before Hoy and colleagues published their work, every skyscraper swayed. 1] The taller a building, the more the wind pushed it. Engineers relied on massive concrete blocks called tuned mass dampers, steel cross bracing,...
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460Science
Handheld Breathalyzer Detects Fat Burning in Real Time
For decades, the only reliable way to know whether the body had switched from burning carbohydrates to stored fat required a needle, a clinic visit, or an MRI machine. That assumption now has to be revised. A new...
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461Science
A Distant Rocky World Offers New Hope for Life Beyond Earth
Astronomers used two different methods to study the same exoplanet, and both reached the same conclusion. One technique measures the tiny dip in starlight when a planet passes in front of its host star, revealing the...
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462Science
Homer's Odyssey Imagines Autonomous Ships
Archaeologists have uncovered physical evidence that directly confirms objects and trade networks Homer described centuries after the Bronze Age collapsed. For decades, scholars treated the Odyssey's tales of luxury...
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463Science
Encephalomyocarditis virus hijacks cells with exclusive protein factory takeover
ver The encephalomyocarditis virus commandeers host cells through a mechanism that goes beyond simple borrowing of protein making tools. The old assumption held that viruses simply borrow the host's protein making...
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464Science
Younger cells burn fat faster in fasts
For years, scientists have tracked biological age through epigenetic clocks. These tools measure chemical tags on DNA that change predictably as we grow older. Lifestyle choices like exercise and smoking can alter these...
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465Science
Geologists in films face 35 percent death rate
Geologists in films die at a rate that rivals minor characters in action sequences. A study published in Geology Today by Erik Sturkell at the University of Gothenburg and his team analyzed 141 movies spanning 1919 to...
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466Science
Multivitamin may slow biological aging clock
In 2015, researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Massachusetts launched a massive clinical trial. 1] They recruited more than 21,000 people over the age of 60. The goal was simple: test whether a daily cocktail...
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Lab oxygen mistake reveals IVF embryos need 2 percent oxygen
For decades, embryologists in IVF clinics grew embryos in an environment that was, in hindsight, far too rich in oxygen. The standard practice, born from the convenience of atmospheric air, exposed developing embryos to...
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468Science
AI finds thousands of outdated laws hidden in policy sludge
Imagine a city bylaw from 1975 that still requires paper forms to be filed in triplicate for a permit that no longer exists. This is not a hypothetical. For decades, cities and states have accumulated thousands of such...
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