We may soon reap the benefits of quantum computing now that a D-Wave quantum device has beaten a regular PC in a number-crunching face-off Original post on newscientist.com Comments on reddit.com
Think Nokia’s all about Lumias these days? While the Windows Phone brand is still the company’s primary point of focus, it doesn’t mean Nokia isn’t still Original post on engadget.com Comments on reddit.com
Spanish researchers have observed a rare asteroids from the Gran Telescopio Canarias (Spain) and have discovered that something happened around the 1st July 2011 causing a comet-like trail to appear: maybe internal rupture or collision with another asteroid. To date,… Original post on dailygalaxy.com Comments on reddit.com
If you thought Mars was red, think again. When Curiosity gave the planet a New Year’s clean, she removed some of the red dust which covers the surface of the planet—and what lurks beneath is white. Original post on gizmodo.com Comments on reddit.com
By Drew Griffin and Kathleen Johnston HERLONG, California (CNN) — If you need an example of why it is hard to cut the budget in Washington look no further than this Army depot in the shadow of the Sierra Nevada range. Original post on cnn.com Comments on reddit.com
Scientists have found micro-organisms sheltering inside glacier mice — clumps of debris, akin to dust bunnies, that develop a protective layer of moss over time. Original post on nytimes.com Comments on reddit.com
commentary: Several authors on Twitter mistook an e-book lending Web site for a piracy hub, a mistake that eventually took the site offline. As the dust settles, a disturbing picture of file-sharing hysteria emerges. Read this blog post by Violet Blue on Internet & Media. Original post on cnet.com Comments on reddit.com
Obama: ‘They Have Tried To Sell Us This Trickle-Down, Tax-Cut Fairy Dust Before’ Original post on realgravity.com Comments on reddit.com
In early 2007, scientists using the Spitzer discovered evidence that potentially indicates the famed three Pillars of Creation photographed by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope in 1995 in the Eagle Nebula were destroyed by a nearby supernova explosion about 6,000 years… Original post on dailygalaxy.com Comments on digg.com
Cate Jenkins was fired from job as chemist after accusing EPA of deliberately covering up dangers of 9/11 wreckage dust Original post on guardian.co.uk Comments on digg.com