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Unbreakable: The race to protect our secrets from quantum hacks

28 February 2018

Quantum computers will smash our best encryption. To make everything from online chats to government intelligence safe, we need maths no machine could solve
Truth before beauty: Our universe is uglier than we thought

Truth before beauty: Our universe is uglier than we thought

28 February 2018

Our cosmos is failing to meet the rigorous beauty standards set by physicists. Is it time to face up to the fact we may live in an uglyverse?

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