Microsoft’s Majorana 1 quantum computer John Brecher/Microsoft Last month Microsoft announced, with fanfare, that it had created a new kind of matter and used it to make a quantum computer architecture that could lead to machines “capable of solving meaningful, industrial-scale problems in years, not decades”. But since then, the tech giant has increasingly come…
An artist’s impression of an environment where prehistoric plants thrived Christian Jegou/Science Photo Library When the Earth Was GreenRiley Black (St Martin’s Press (US, available now; UK, later this month)) The behaviour of plants is invisible to the naked human eye. They operate on timescales our imaginations can’t entertain, and they run roughshod over familiar categories…
Baroness Mone and her husband Doug Barrowman have accused the Covid inquiry of an “establishment cover-up” after their second attempt to be given an official role in the inquiry was rejected. The couple claimed they were the targets of a “politically motivated witch hunt” after the inquiry’s chairwoman, Baroness Hallett, refused their application to be…
Canada’s Mark Carney will host world leaders in Kananaskis in coming days, with his plans for a unity G7 summit to unblock trade at the mercy of a new Mideast war and the temperament of Donald Trump. More than a dozen leaders are heading to the Rocky Mountain resort for a gathering on Monday under…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! After House Republicans passed reconciliation language banning taxpayer funds from paying for sex change treatments, Democrats began using language to drum up opposition that conservative watchdog group the American Principles Project says is meant “to confuse people and make it sound like we’re trying to ban normal…
Asia stocks steady amid M.East tensions; c.bank meetings loom Source link
OAKMONT, Pa. — The toughest man in golf won the toughest test in golf. Make no mistake about it, amid a week that was meant for only the big and brawny — the titans of the game — J.J. Spaun proved you need more than just physical gifts and an impressive résumé to be named…
Jeff Goldblum has made many contributions to this world, but perhaps the best is his delivery of an iconic line in the 1993 film Jurassic Park. During a scene in which his character, Ian Malcolm, berates the dinosaur park’s creator, John Hammond, Goldblum utters the words that have become a long-enduring meme: “Your scientists were…
Israel-Iran battle escalates, will be high on agenda as world leaders meet Source link
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The smile on Cameron Ward‘s face said it all when asked what he wanted to get his dad, Calvin, for Father’s Day. “Shopping for Father’s Day, that’s the hardest shopping to do,” Ward told ESPN. “I mean what do you get for someone who already has everything? I don’t know what I’m…
