
To Move Fast, Quantum Maze Solvers Must Forget the Past
Quantum algorithms can find their way out of mazes exponentially faster than classical ones, at the cost of forgetting the paths they took
Quantum algorithms can find their way out of mazes exponentially faster than classical ones, at the cost of forgetting the paths they took
By treating Earth as a topological insulator—a state of quantum matter—physicists found a powerful explanation for the twisting movements of the planet’s air and seas
A chemical trick for making oxygen can sustain whole underground ecosystems
In steganography, an ordinary message masks the presence of a secret communication. Humans can never do it perfectly, but a new study shows it’s possible for machines
Melanie Mitchell says digital minds will never truly be like ours until they can make analogies
The physicist and computer scientist Stephanie Wehner is planning and designing the next internet—a quantum one
Quantum computers are improving at a doubly exponential rate
The rainbow of pigments that animals use for blood illustrates a central truth about evolution
Biologists have demonstrated for the first time that a controversial genetic engineering technology works, with caveats, in mammals
Neither animal, plant, fungus nor familiar protozoan, a strange microbe foretells incredible biodiversity yet to be discovered
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