Livescience

Scientists have designed a physical qubit that behaves as an error-correcting "logical qubit," and now they think they can scale it up to make a useful quantum computer using a few hundred.

https://www.livescience.com/technology/computing/major-quantum-computing-milestone-could-be-hit-with-just-hundreds-not-millions-of-qubits-thanks-to-new-error-correction-system

A satellite image of the Galápagos Islands' La Cumbre volcano shows lava seeping from the iguana-covered mountain days into an ongoing, months-long eruption.

https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/volcanos/earth-from-space-lava-bleeds-down-iguana-infested-volcano-as-it-spits-out-toxic-gas

An allergist and immunologist explains the link between eczema and pollutants found in synthetic fabric, cigarette smoke and wildfires.

https://www.livescience.com/health/how-common-chemicals-including-those-in-bed-sheets-can-boost-eczema-risk

The great planetary instability, which saw Jupiter and the other gas giants wander chaotically through the solar system, coincides with the collision that formed Earth's moon. Could the two event...

https://www.livescience.com/space/jupiter/jupiter-may-be-the-reason-why-earth-has-a-moon-new-study-hints

Astronomers celebrated the Hubble Space Telescope's 34th anniversary with this stunning image of the Little Dumbbell Nebula — a vast cloud of gas containing one of the hottest white dwarf stars...

https://www.livescience.com/space/astronomy/space-photo-of-the-week-little-dumbbell-nebula-throws-a-wild-party-for-hubble-telescopes-34th-anniversary

Ultraviolet has very short and energetic wavelengths that are shorter than violet on the visible spectrum. But can people see UV?

https://www.livescience.com/health/can-humans-see-ultraviolet-light

Satellite images capture striking differences between the 2017 and 2024 total solar eclipses that swept across North America, including variations in the moon's shadow along the path of totality.

https://www.livescience.com/space/the-sun/eclipse-from-space-paths-of-2024-and-2017-eclipses-collide-over-us-in-new-satellite-image

Bizarre worm that looks "like the rump of a pig from one side and Mick Jagger's lips from the other" may be in the middle of an evolutionary leap, scientists say.

https://www.livescience.com/animals/pigbutt-worm-the-deep-sea-mystery-blob-with-the-rump-of-a-pig-and-a-ballooned-belly

Lasers have helped uncover ancient human-made structures the world over.

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/times-lasers-revealed-hidden-forts-and-settlements-from-centuries-ago

What's the science behind starting a fire with flint and steel?

https://www.livescience.com/chemistry/why-does-striking-flint-against-steel-start-a-fire