SCIENCE
Indestructible quantum rifts can exist in two places at once
An ion trap helped create a quantum defect in two places at once ANDREW BROOKES, NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY
6G phone networks could be 9000 times faster than 5G
Future mobile networks could transmit data much faster if they use a wider range of frequencies Frank Herrmann/Getty Images Wireless
Hospital hit by Hurricane Milton gets system to grab water from air
Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital was hit by Hurricane Milton earlier this week Dirk Shadd/Tampa Bay Times/ZUMA Wire/Alamy A children’s
Living microbes found deep inside 2-billion-year-old rock
Cells found inside ancient rocks, their DNA stained with a green fluorescent dye Y. Suzuki, S. J. Webb, M. Kouduka
Nobel prize for medicine goes to the pair who discovered microRNA
Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun are announced as the winners of the 2024 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine Jonathan
Hera mission set to revisit asteroid Didymos after NASA’s DART redirection test
The European Space Agency’s Hera mission will study the asteroids Dimorphos aided by two CubeSats called Juventas and Milani ESA/ScienceOffice.org
The best new sci-fi this month featuring an Alan Moore epic and a Blake Crouch reissue
Tim Winton’s new novel Juice is being compared to the post-apocalyptic Station Eleven and The Road Buena Vista Images/Getty Images
CBD shows promise as pesticide for mosquitoes
Mosquito larvae die after consuming hemp leaves because they react strongly to the cannabidiol in the foliage. The discovery might
Smart TVs take snapshots of what you watch multiple times per second
Smart TVs watch everything on the screen Shutterstock Popular smart TV models made by Samsung and LG can take multiple
XEC: What we know about the new covid-19 variant and its symptoms
Covid-19 variant XEC may spread more easily than previous variants Jarun Ontakrai/Shutterstock A new covid-19 variant called XEC has started