CHRIS MONROE’S VISION for quantum computers is simple: He wants people to use them. Monroe, a physicist and co-founder of the quantum computing startup IonQ, wants the machines to be as sleek as the iPhone. He wants people to code on them without needing to understand complicated quantum physics. Basically, he wants the devices to... Continue Reading →

In the US alone, more than 1,400 people are waiting for a lung transplant - there simply aren't enough donor lungs available to meet the need. Soon, though, patients might have a new source for brand new lungs: the lab. On Wednesday, researchers from University of Texas Medical Branch published a new paper in the... Continue Reading →

A group of Russian scientists have successfully revived two species of tiny worms that they discovered suspended in an icy chunk of Siberian permafrost. The worms, known as nematodes or more commonly as roundworms, had been frozen for up to 42,000 years, since a time when much of the planet was covered in ice. But... Continue Reading →

Students in one South Carolina school district will still have work to do even when it snows. Anderson School District 5 is the first district in the state to eliminate snow days with what it calls eLearning days. When the roads are too icy for buses, teachers will send assignments to their students' computers and... Continue Reading →

From The Matrix to Wargames and iRobot to Metropolis, movies and novels have threatened us with a revolution of AI and robots for decades, whether that’s through a violent uprising or just replacing us at our jobs. Today, those theoretical dystopian futures seem more realistic than ever. With the growth of smart assistants and advanced... Continue Reading →

When you see the Japanese L0 Series maglev train at full speed, it can be hard to spot the potential (extremely costly) failure. Some of that is down to speed. Propelled by superconducting magnets, a maglev train set a world record of 603 kilometers per hour in 2015. If you could put it on a... Continue Reading →

An Ohio police chief who died of a fentanyl overdose allegedly took the drugs from his department's evidence room, authorities say. Kirkersville Police Chief James Hughes Jr., 35, was found unresponsive in the bathroom of his Reynoldsburg home on May 25. He was pronounced dead a short time later. Reynoldsburg Police Department Lt. Ron Wright said the department... Continue Reading →

New video obtained by The Advocate shows the botched arrest of a Louisiana man who was killed by police in what experts describe as excessive force. Armando Frank, 44, was wrestled off a tractor at Walmart by police serving an arrest warrant on him in October 2017. Armando Frank, 44, was being arrested on a... Continue Reading →

Walmart will soon start using robots to pick and pack shoppers' online grocery orders. The company is building a 20,000-square-foot extension to one of its stores in Salem, New Hampshire, that will house robotic grocery carts and hundreds of products. The automated carts will rapidly pick and pack products according to customers' orders, then deliver... Continue Reading →

Public schools in Pittsburgh are now joining the growing number of forward-thinking educators by bringing mindfulness practices into the daily schedule for students. As more observe the beneficial outcomes from the practice of meditation rather than what many feel to be archaic methods of disciplinary tactics, the more we begin to see these practices catch... Continue Reading →