Quantum supremacy has arrived – what happens to computing now?
30 October 2019
The claim that a quantum computer has done something a classical machine can't has generated plenty of excitement, but true quantum computing will take time to appear
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Will Google bail if its quantum computer doesn’t turn a quick profit?
30 October 2019
Google is famous for ditching projects it loses interest in. The road to workable quantum computers will be long, but we must stick with it, says Douglas Heaven
The ‘nuclear pasta’ in neutron stars could transform particle physics
30 October 2019
To learn more about the mysteries of quantum chromodynamics, we are probing the universe’s densest stars, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein in her latest column
All-seeing eyes: The epic plan to track almost everything on Earth
30 October 2019
Firms are racing to create a real-time database of every object on Earth larger than a car. It would help investors and conservationists, but could it be abused?
Timeline: A brief history of quantum computing from 1980 to 2100
29 October 2019
Here are the key milestones in the history of quantum computing, as well as New Scientist's predictions for the future
Up to 630 million people could be threatened by rising seas
29 October 2019
Three times more people than we thought are living on land threatened by flooding from sea level rises by 2100, with the threat particularly severe in Asia
Quantum supremacy: What can we do with a quantum computer?
28 October 2019
Quantum computers could be used to crack open chemistry's most elusive problems or help to create new medicines
Surprisingly round asteroid may actually be the smallest dwarf planet
28 October 2019
The best ever image of the asteroid Hygiea has revealed its shape for the first time and it looks as if it is round enough to be a tiny dwarf planet like Pluto
Have we found the African origin of all humanity? It's complicated
28 October 2019
A study claims to have pinpointed the Okavango Delta in Botswana as the origin of humanity, but geneticists and anthropologists say the evidence is deeply flawed
California fires see 200,000 evacuated while 3 million may lose power
28 October 2019
For the third year in a row, an enormous wildfire is destroying homes and properties in California, with smaller fires raging elsewhere in the state
