A new decision rules that geofence warrants are Fourth Amendment searches, but it stops short of banning police access to revealing location histories
Why this 98-qubit quantum computer is a big deal
A new quantum computer sets a high watermark for accuracy. Are we on the verge of a big breakthrough?
Europe’s Future Circular Collider could revolutionize particle physics—if it’s ever built
After decades of debate, the scientific case is clear for Europe’s Future Circular Collider, a colossal successor to the Large Hadron Collider. But transforming this megaproject from vision to reality is far from guaranteed
NASA announces Astrobotic, Intuitive Machines and Firefly to build lunar landers for a future moon base
Three companies will receive a total of $600 million to executive four moon landings, laying the groundwork for a planned crewed outpost on the surface
New York City could see its hottest weather in more than a decade
Temperatures in New York’s Central Park haven’t surpassed 100 degrees Fahrenheit since 2012; but that may be about to change
AI finds hidden ECG signal that predicts sudden cardiac death risk
A new model flags people at high risk of sudden cardiac death from a routine ECG—and reveals a warning sign in the heart’s electrical activity
What is a Lagrangian used for in physics?
How Emmy Noether's theorem uses the Lagrangian to provide a formula for calculating the quantity of symmetries in a system—like the orbit of planets.
China’s LineShine supercomputer tops global rankings with almost 2 quadrillion calculations per second
The speedy machine displaces the U.S.’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s El Capitan at the top of the TOP500 rankings of the world’s fastest supercomputers
London botanic gardens digitizes 7 million specimens
As Kew Botanic Gardens completes a scan of its collections, AI tools could help in the fight against biodiversity loss
Stunning new image of the Milky Way reveals its glittering heart
This brilliant new image, taken by Europe’s Euclid space telescope, offers a preview of the kind of imaging that will be possible with NASA’s upcoming Roman telescope
