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  Social Media and Search Engines Can Now Forecast Disease Outbreaks

  discovermagazine.com - Benjamin Plackett

  Powerful algorithms can now analyze large data sets from search engines and social media for clues about how health trends will play out — and may be …

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  Speedy Downloads: Why NASA Is Turning To Lasers For Next-Gen Space Comms

  discovermagazine.com - John Johnson Jr., Knowable Magazine

  The first tests of optical communications far from Earth will take place aboard the asteroid-bound Psyche spacecraft (Credit:CREDIT: NASA / BEN …

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  What Is Quantum Advantage? A Quantum Computing Scientist Explains An Approaching Milestone Marking The Arrival Of Extremely Powerful Computers

  discovermagazine.com - Daniel Lidar, University of Southern California

  (Credit: Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images) IBM’s quantum computer got President Joe Biden’s attention. Sign up for our email newsletter for the latest …

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  Scientists Invented a Synthetic Inner Ear So People Won't Get Lost in Space

  discovermagazine.com - Matt Hrodey

  With the rise of a private space industry, more and more people are launching into space and finding out how disorienting it can be. Beyond the reach …

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  Computer Scientist Solves The Game of Othello

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  With a mind-boggling number of possible board positions, Othello is the largest game ever solved. (Credit:Toru Kimura/Shutterstock) Sign up for our …

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  Simulations Reveal The Alarming Effects Of Blowing Up An Incoming Asteroid Before It Hits Earth

  discovermagazine.com - The Physics arXiv Blog

  Scientists have simulated whether it is possible to turn an asteroid into a pile of rubble and whether that raining down on Earth would be any …