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Using IBM's quantum computer, scientists say they have shown in three different experiments that quantum computers can outpace classical machines in useful computations.

How to watch "Secrets of the Great White Kill", as Riley Elliott and Kori Burkhardt set out to capture never-before-seen great white hunting techniques.

The total solar eclipse on 12 August will only be visible to a lucky few, but eclipses happen all over the world - here are the next ones to look out for, wherever you may be

In this extract from Peter Hellers novel, the August read for the New Scientist Book Club, we are introduced to pilot Hig, who lives alone after most of the world was killed in a superflu pandemic

Set in an empty world after a superflu pandemic wipes out most of humanity, Peter Heller's The Dog Stars - the August read for the New Scientist Book Club - will be released as a film later this month. He reveals how...

To predict when well have a truly useful quantum computer, we need to know precisely what one is. Columnist Karmela Padavic-Callaghan finds thats harder to pin down than you might think

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Semiconductor spin qubits are one of the most promising building blocks for future quantum computers, but turning them into a working, large-scale quantum computer has so far proven difficult. For now, two big questions ...