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- SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN7 HOURS AGO

Helion Energy is building a fusion power plant. Can its technology deliver?
This company says its pulsed plasma machine will deliver electricity to the grid by 2029. Some physicists warn that its promises are outrunning what the technology has proved
- SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN7 HOURS AGO

The Riemann hypothesis is a million-dollar math problem hardly anyone is trying to solve
The intimidating legacy of the scariest problem in mathematics
- SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN7 HOURS AGO

Quantum computing is reaching its make-or-break moment
Will computers based on quantum physics really change the world?
- SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN7 HOURS AGO

NASA dreams of a nuclear power plant on the moon. Here’s why
To build its moon base, NASA needs a lot of power
- SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN7 HOURS AGO

Which problems will quantum computers solve—and when?
Quantum computing could lead to revolutions in cryptography, materials design and telecommunications. But fulfilling those promises could be many years away
- SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN7 HOURS AGO

A field guide to quantum computer qubits
Here are six ways to build a quantum computer
- SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN7 HOURS AGO

New high‑resolution map transforms what we know about Roman roads and the Roman Empire
A massive digitization project has nearly doubled the known extent of the first continent-scale road network
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She Was Finding Sources of Dangerous Water and Soil Pollution
Melanie Malone led a research project to identify and study contamination sites in Washington State. Then the E.P.A. canceled her grant.
- SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN6 HOURS AGO

Math puzzle: Fix the matchstick equation
Fix the matchstick equation in this math puzzle
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Neanderthal Dentistry, and the Scientist Glad Not to Have Experienced It
The prehistoric hominins “apparently were very adept at what we would consider invasive medicine,” said the anthropologist John Olsen.
- SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN2 HOURS AGO

New NASA Hubble image captures a rare, turbulent galaxy
The new image shows the galaxy NGC 1266, a middle-aged object with a clutch of young stars that likely collided with another, smaller galaxy 500 million years ago
- SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN3 HOURS AGO

Scientists race to develop Ebola drugs as outbreak surges
Clinical trials for treatments against Ebola Bundibugyo virus are 'in a strong position' to be launched quickly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda
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Military Bases Are Rife With ‘Forever Chemicals.’ New Mexico Wants Them Cleaned Up.
The state is leading the country’s reckoning with PFAS. The outcome of its suit against the federal government will affect how courts treat more than 15,000 other claims nationwide.
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A 16th-Century Sketch of Anne Boleyn More Likely Depicted Her Mother, an A.I. Analysis Finds
Using facial-recognition technology, scholars have concluded that a 500-year-old drawing labeled “Anna Bollein Queen” more likely showed her mother, Elizabeth Howard.
- SCIENTIFIC AMERICANAN HOUR AGO

‘Sensational’ proof topples decades-old geometry problem
The sudden resolution of a well-known conjecture highlights the growing adoption of AI as an assistant in high-level mathematics