Month: June 2022

How it works: A schematic of the experiment, showing (from left to right) the photon source, fibre-based loops of different sizes with programmable parameters, and a demultiplexer that sends the outputs to different photon-number-resolving (PNR) detectors. (Courtesy: Xanadu) Researchers at Xanadu, a Canadian company specializing in photonic quantum computing, claim to have achieved quantum computational
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WASHINGTON — House appropriators partially restored funding for a planetary defense mission as part of a spending bill while also raising concerns about NASA’s closure of an airborne observatory and plans to return samples from Mars. The House Appropriations Committee released June 27 the report accompanying its commerce, justice and science (CJS) spending bill for
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Drake can pop champagne, because he just unloaded the main residence of his YOLO estate. TMZ has learned the deal closed Friday, with an unknown buyer scooping up Drake’s former pad for $12 million … which is well below the $14.8 million asking price. Remember … Champagne Papi’s YOLO estate is made up of 3
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My God Has the Head of a Vulture Ornithology After Theodore Roethke To find the owl I must follow the crow who says my ears and eyes better behave; it’s hard for me to learn what the crow knows unable to refuse the blueish glow nor the shiny trinkets my wingtips save. To find an
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Former U.S. President Donald Trump applauses during the National Rifle Association (NRA) annual convention in Houston, Texas, U.S. May 27, 2022.  Shannon Stapleton | Reuters A federal criminal investigation is threatening the proposed merger between former President Donald Trump’s social media enterprise and a special purpose acquisition company, a deal that would give the combined
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It’s difficult to think of anyone item of clothing that has had quite as colorful a history as the humble hoodie. Over the past century, this sportswear staple has gone from playing field to the runway, stopping off at every conceivable urban subculture along the way. It’s been name-checked by prime ministers, designers and screeching
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