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Firing federal workers and freezing grants are upending a world-class system the US has built since World War II.

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The New Science of Nature and Nurture.” Since Francis Galton coined the phrase “nature versus nurture” 150 years ago, the ...

D-Wave’s fresh claim that it has achieved “quantum advantage” has sparked criticism of the company—and of the scientific ...

Say those who have been there, all available evidence suggests that whoever was behind the wave of cuts at National Oceanic ...

The “Quantum Visions” art exhibition being hosted at Tabakalera in San Sebastián, Spain celebrates 2025 being proclaimed the ...