Quantum computers won’t be truly useful until they can correct their mistakes davide bonaldo / Alamy Quantum computers are already here, but they make far too many errors. This is arguably the biggest obstacle to the technology really becoming useful,…
Get the Popular Science daily newsletter Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. If you’ve invested in an iPhone, what do you use it for most? Maybe it’s taking photos, or messaging friends and family, or just…
Melatonin has quickly become one of the most widely used sleep aids for children around the world. Its popularity is largely driven by the belief that it is a natural and easily accessible solution for insomnia. However, new research suggests…
You’re responsible for your own Spotify algorithm now. On stage at SXSW, Spotify’s co-CEO, Gustav Söderström, announced the Taste Profile feature, which allows users to personally customize exactly what they want to listen to, whether it’s music, audiobooks or podcasts….
Samsung promised “more than a design refresh” for its new top-end Galaxy Buds – it added upgraded woofers for improved, dual-amped hi-fi sound, a new blade design, clearer call performance, and better noise cancellation. Ultimately, while the $249.99 Galaxy Buds…
The U.S. Army said late Friday that it has signed a 10-year contract with defense tech startup Anduril. The deal could be worth up to $20 billion. According to the announcement, the contract starts with a five-year “base period,” with…
The original Boomslang came from the era of Xbox’s bulky Duke controller. We had just barely made it past the N64’s beloved three-pronged abomination. At a time when “ergonomics” was a novel idea to be explored instead of a defined…
Stentor coeruleus is a single-celled organism with unexpected abilities MELBA PHOTO AGENCY / Alamy A simple unicellular organism with no brain or neurons seems capable of an advanced form of learning. The simplest form of learning, known as habituation, is…
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Researchers at Houston Methodist have discovered that a protein tied to neurodegenerative conditions such as dementia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) also helps control a critical DNA repair process. This repair system, known as DNA mismatch repair, corrects mistakes that…
Etsy reported first-quarter revenue of $631.3 million, beating Wall Street expectations as gross merchandise sales on its marketplace climbed 5.5% year-over-year to $2.5 billion. Analysts had projected revenue of $620.9 million, according to Reuters, citing LSEG data. Diluted earnings per…
Jimmy Kimmel continued his war of words with President Donald Trump on the Tuesday, April 28, episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live! In his opening monologue on Tuesday, Kimmel, 58, played a clip of Trump’s televised news conference earlier in the…
LONDON (AP) — Two people were stabbed in a London neighborhood with a large Jewish community and a suspect was arrested, community groups said Wednesday. Political leaders condemned the stabbing, which follows a string of arson attacks on synagogues and…
