Royals urge world to join fight against illegal trade in endangered wildlife
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Quantum Computing: A Primer
An animated explanation of superposition, entanglement, and the bizarre properites of computing’s next great jump forward
A Salmon Has a Better GPS Than You Do
New insights on how salmon make the migrations they do
Curiosity Rover Takes Its First Pic of Earth From Mars
It’s just a Pale Blue Dot, as Carl Sagan would say
Hawking: Is He All He’s Cracked Up To Be?
We all know that Stephen Hawking is the greatest living physicist—but what we all know may not be true
Window on Infinity: Winter Pictures from Icy Space
The moon blocks the sun, some new rockets get a workout and a tarantula lives on the other side of the universe. The cosmos never fail to thrill.
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Report Raises No Major Climate Objections to Keystone Pipeline, But the Choice Is Obama’s
A final environmental assessment says that the oil sands pipeline won’t significantly impact carbon emissions
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5 Ways to Bust California’s Drought
The rain isn’t falling, but the Golden State has has the tools to beat the drought
A New Supernova Caught in the Act
Stars don’t explode on schedule; when one does, it can shed real light on some cosmic mysteries
The Not So Sustainable Sochi Winter Olympics
Despite Russia’s claims, the Winter Games at Sochi are unlikely to be green