The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price.

Their decision Sunday night was labeled a “betrayal" and “pathetic” by some of the most prominent voices in the Democratic Party. This combination photo of eight senators who are facing criticism from ...

MAGA is completely losing it after New York Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani told a story about his “aunt” who wasn’t really his parent’s sibling. Zohran Mamdani has been forced to explain ...

Just when you thought the news on Cam Skattebo couldn’t get any worse, more would surface less than 24 hours after he suffered a gruesome-looking ankle injury in the second quarter of the Giants’ loss ...

How does one talk to an 8-year-old about a parent’s mental illness? My daughter’s father has some diagnosed mental health issues (and some that are not and probably never will be diagnosed). In terms ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 24 (Reuters) - IBM (IBM.N), opens new tab said on Friday it can run a key quantum computing error correction algorithm on commonly available chips ...

When Dominique Manning gets her picture taken, she likes to review the results immediately. Last Friday, she had to wait three-and-a-half minutes. The 26-year-old from Philly was in town for a concert ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Google said it has developed a computer algorithm that points the way to practical applications for quantum computing and will be able to generate unique data for use ...

Designed to accelerate advances in medicine and other fields, the tech giant’s quantum algorithm runs 13,000 times as fast as software written for a traditional supercomputer. A quantum computer at ...

The number of children diagnosed with peanut allergies in the U.S. has fallen, with data suggesting that a shift in infant feeding practices might be the reason why. A study published in the ...

Researchers have unveiled a new model for the universe’s birth that replaces cosmic inflation with gravitational waves as the driving force behind creation. Their simulations show that gravity and ...

New details have emerged in the death of Oscar-winning actress Diane Keaton. A copy of Keaton's death certificate, obtained by USA TODAY on Oct. 16, showed her "immediate cause" of death was primary ...