QUANTIZED COLUMNS   Why I Called It ‘Quantum Supremacy’ By  JOHN PRESKILL Researchers finally seem to have a quantum computer that can outperform a classical computer. But what does that really mean? Read the column Share Tweet Forward

ABSTRACTIONS BLOG   Here's What You Need to Know About Quantum Supremacy By  KEVIN HARTNETT  Researchers are getting close to building a quantum computer that can perform tasks a classical computer can’t. Here’s what the milestone will mean. Read the blog ABSTRACTIONS BLOG   A New Law to Describe Quantum Computing’s Rise? By  KEVIN HARTNETT  Neven’s law states that quantum computers are improving at a “doubly exponential” rate. If it holds, quantum supremacy is around the corner. Read the article

ABSTRACTIONS BLOG   Your Brain Chooses What to Let You See By  JORDANA CEPELEWICZ Beneath our awareness, the brain lets certain kinds of stimuli automatically capture our attention by lowering the priority of the rest. Read the blog Share Tweet Forward NEUROSCIENCE   To Pay Attention, the Brain Uses Filters, Not a Spotlight By  JORDANA CEPELEWICZ Read the article EVOLUTION   Cell-Bacteria Mergers Offer Clues to How Organelles Evolved By  VIVIANE CALLIER Cells in symbiotic partnership, nested one within the other and functioning like organelles, can borrow from their host’s genes to complete their own metabolic pathways. Read the article Share Tweet Forward EVOLUTION   Researchers Rethink the Ancestry of Complex Cells By  CHRISTIE WILCOX Read the article ECOLOGY   How Jurassic Plankton Stole Control of the Ocean’s Chemistry By  CHRISTIE WILCOX Only 170 million years ago, new plankton evolved. Their demand for carbon and calcium permanently transformed the seas as homes for life. Read the article Share Tweet Forward Q&A(2018)   On Waste Plastics at Sea, She Finds Unique Microbial Multitudes By  ELIZABETH SVOBODA Read the interview