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Google's quantum computer flunks landmark speed test

In its first head-to-head test against a PC, the D-Wave Two showed no quantum speed boost – but it is being used in blink-detection and planet-hunting

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Spin: The quantum twist coming to a computer near you

Technology

Spin: The quantum twist coming to a computer near you

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Breaking relativity: Celestial signals defy Einstein

Space

Breaking relativity: Celestial signals defy Einstein

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2013 review: Top ten breakthroughs in physical science

Physics

2013 review: Top ten breakthroughs in physical science

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New Scientist 2013 holiday quiz

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Wired Wild West: Cowpokes chatted on fence-wire phones

Technology

Wired Wild West: Cowpokes chatted on fence-wire phones

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The great white lie: What snowflakes really look like

Earth

The great white lie: What snowflakes really look like

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How to train your Komodo dragon

Life

How to train your Komodo dragon

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Why whisky makes you frisky (and gin makes you sin)

Humans

Why whisky makes you frisky (and gin makes you sin)

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Life

Chocolab: The secret recipe for low-fat chocolate

They said it couldn't be done – but tasty half-fat chocolate is here. And we have a recipe that you can try at home

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Technology

Improvise! Shoestring solutions to big physics

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Earth

Rudolph to the rescue: Reindeer geoengineering

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Life

Sleeping daredevil: The first dream hacker

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Life

Rude awakenings: How swearing made us human

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