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At its heart, science is about the joy of discovery — extending the boundaries of what we know and learning more about the world and our place in it. Research over the last year was no exception, ...

A new microchip-sized device could dramatically accelerate the future of quantum computing. It controls laser frequencies with extreme precision while using far less power than today’s bulky systems.

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CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The ...

Quantum computing pure-play stocks IonQ, Rigetti Computing, D-Wave Quantum, and Quantum Computing Inc. have been on fire, with respective trailing-12-month gains of up to 965%! The real-world ...

The Merchants of Joy (now streaming on Amazon Prime Video) follows New York City’s five big families – of Christmas tree sales. Inspired by a 2022 Epic magazine and New York magazine feature titled ...

Several times during the past few months, I have found myself engaged in what has never been one of my strong suits—doing nothing. The experience of doing nothing crept up on me this summer, ...

At 3 a.m., one mother scrolls through sleep-training forums while her baby wails in the next room. Another toggles between TikTok advice and contradictory Google results. It’s a familiar ritual of ...

Aaron O'Connell and his wife, Natalie O'Connell, married in 2018 Christopher Rudolph is a contributing writer for PEOPLE. He previously covered entertainment at The Advocate, HuffPost, Logo News, MTV ...

Psychologist Robert Coplan says that too many of us aren’t getting enough time alone with ourselves, a condition he calls “aloneliness.” He explains that alone time often gets a bad reputation and is ...