Quantum'Jamming' Could Help Unlock the Mysteries of Causality To keep communications secure in a post-quantum world, cryptographers are digging down into the concept of cause and effect. For the past few decades, researchers have understood that quantum computers should eventually be able to crack the widely used codes that secure much of the digital world. To protect against this fate, they've spent years developing new codes that appear to be safe from future safecrackers armed with quantum computers. At the same time, they've also devised ingenious ways to use the rules of quantum mechanics to keep communications secure. But quantum mechanics, just like the "classical" mechanics that preceded it, is just a theory of nature.

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From a WWII submarine sewage disaster to a deadly medieval pit toilet collapse, doing your business can come with risks. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. Toilets can be surprisingly dangerous. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. In 1076, a Dutch nobleman named Duke Godfrey "the Hunchback" of Lower Lorraine was murdered in a most unusual way .

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Bumble bees either become the larger and fertile queen or a smaller and sterile worker. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. Worker bees can alter the future of the colony's larvae. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. While every bumble bee colony has a queen, the process for becoming that queen bee may be a bit more democratic than monarchical.

Researchers at the University of Cambridge are using satellite data and AI in an effort to slow the decline in Britain's hedgehog population. Using an AI tool called Tessera, which analyses detailed images of the UK gathered from space, experts can precisely determine locations of hedgehog habitats - and where these are disappearing. The resulting maps capture landscapes in minute detail, including down to individual hedgerows, while AI can accurately predict hedgehog-friendly places obscured by cloud cover. Those behind the project hope it will help to shed light not just on where hedgehogs live across the UK, but barriers preventing them from finding food and mates. The researchers say Tessera's outputs can be used to track the impact of new housing developments and other environmental changes on landscapes that could affect hedgehogs over time.

A new report alleges foreign influence from China, including state media and funded nonprofits like CodePink, is driving campaigns to block U.S. AI data center projects.

'Rightie' preference isn't seen in any of our primate relatives. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. Most of our primate relatives are a mix of right-and left-handed. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. It would make more sense if only a few related cultures exhibited it, but the trait is everywhere.

The dog survived traumatic injuries, thanks to his Barkindji caretakers. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. The remains of an ancient dingo is shining new light on deep relationships between Australia's First Nations and the wild dogs . Barkindji ancestors deliberately cared for and buried the dingo along the Baaka (Darling River) about 800 miles west of Sydney.

Turns out, scientists can overlook even flashy species. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. "Platydracus collaris," is a newly discovered species of rove beetle. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. As if we needed reminding, new research documenting dozens of previously unknown insect species highlights just how little we know about our fellow planet-dwellers.