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Google showcases way to fix quantum computer errors more efficiently

Error-proofing the most important operations performed on a quantum computer has so far required lots of resources, but …

Towering glacial ice cliffs may collapse in fits and starts

We still don't know for sure how the ice cliffs looming over the sea at the leading edge of some glaciers will behave as…

What are leap seconds? And why are they being abolished?

Since 1972, leap seconds have been added to clock time whenever our slightly wobbly Earth falls out of sync with atomic …