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Coronavirus News Roundup, August 29-September 4

The items below are highlights from the free newsletter, “Smart, useful, science stuff about COVID-19.” To receive newsletter issues daily…

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Google’s Quantum Computer Achieves Chemistry Milestone

When researchers at Google announced last fall that they had achieved “quantum superiority”—a point at which a quantum computer can…

5 years ago

We Can’t Fight COVID-19 on a Country by Country Basis

Recently, one of my patients borrowed money from a loan shark just to get a private taxi to the hospital.…

5 years ago

Physicists Create City-Sized Ultrasecure Quantum Network

Quantum cryptography promises a future in which computers communicate with one another over ultrasecure links using the razzle-dazzle of quantum…

5 years ago

Star Systems Can Be Born Topsy Turvy

Our solar system is far from the only way to put together stars and their planets.  "If you look at…

5 years ago

How to Decide Who Should Get a COVID-19 Vaccine First

If and when a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine is available, what is the fairest way to distribute it? In…

5 years ago

Death by Lightning Is Common for Tropical Trees

[CLIP: Thunder sound] The chance that a human being like you will be struck by lightning is minuscule. But what…

5 years ago

A New View of Sexual Harassment in the Sciences

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5 years ago

Physicists Create City-Sized Ultrasecure Quantum Network

Quantum cryptography promises a future in which computers communicate with one another over ultrasecure links using the razzle-dazzle of quantum…

5 years ago

Science on the Small Screen, Retro Style

In 1952, educators and broadcasters met in State College, Pa., to discuss the potential of a new technology—television—for education. The…

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