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justiz10 hours agoResearchers Have Achieved Sustained Long-Distance Quantum TeleportationVICEIn a major breakthrough for the quest toward quantum internet, a technology that would revolutionize computing in myriad ways, a consortium of well-regarded institutions have announced the first demonstration of sustained, high-fidelity quantum teleportation over long distances. Led by Caltech, a …
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justiz5 hours agoA Thousand Years Before Darwin, Islamic Scholars Were Writing About Natural SelectionVICEIn the summer of 1837, Charles Darwin drew a rudimentary sketch in his notebook, lines of ink that branched out from another. This tree-like doodle would come to represent his theory of evolution by natural selection, a way to visualize how plants and animals adapt in response to their …
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justiz11 hours agoIs the Dream of Nuclear Fusion Dead?motherjones.com - Robin McKieIt was a project that promised the sun. Researchers would use the world’s most advanced technology to design a machine that could generate atomic …
