Internet security relies on the fact that our computers can't break its cryptosystems. But the quantum algorithm you devised has the potential to do just that.New Scientist From ACM Opinion | November 26, 2013
Excited teenagers—in other words normal teenagers—have never been famous for consistently wise decisions, nor should they be.New Scientist From ACM Opinion | November 13, 2013
If creationists in Texas get their way, high-school students throughout the U.S. could soon be reading biology textbooks that falsely cast doubt on the scientific...New Scientist From ACM Opinion | October 2, 2013
Exactly two decades ago, the RAND Corporation, an influential think tank, proclaimed that "cyberwar is coming!"New Scientist From ACM Opinion | September 10, 2013
As a new moon orbiter gets set to launch, Pete Worden, director of NASA Ames, says forget the 20th—this is the real space century.New Scientist From ACM Opinion | September 4, 2013
Images of tech entrepreneurs such as Mark Zuckerberg and Steve Jobs are continually thrown at us by politicians, economists and the media.New Scientist From ACM Opinion | August 26, 2013
The idea that nothing can exceed the speed of light limits our interstellar ambitions. How do we get round this?New Scientist From ACM Opinion | August 19, 2013
Makers of cars and mobile electronics are pushing a tempting vision of the future. It is one in which you can stay fully connected while driving.New Scientist From ACM Opinion | July 24, 2013
Online learning is the biggest shake-up of education since the advent of the printing press, says Anant Agarwal, an MIT computing specialist.New Scientist From ACM Opinion | July 15, 2013
The Kepler space telescope's search may be at an end, but Didier Queloz, who found the first world around a sunlike star, says more planet hunts are afoot.New Scientist From ACM Opinion | June 11, 2013
In a former life I was a research assistant. After painstaking weeks spent gathering data, I was tasked with putting the numbers into a statistics application that...New Scientist From ACM Opinion | March 25, 2013
University of Cambridge researcher Dirk Trossen has created the AIRS app, which uses all of the sensors built into mobile devices to measure physical changes in...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | March 20, 2013
If the universe is just a Matrix-like simulation, how could we ever know? Physicist Silas Beane thinks he has the answer.New Scientist From ACM Opinion | December 19, 2012
Soon we'll be able to engineer living things with mechanical precision, says Tom Knight, father of synthetic biology.New Scientist From ACM Opinion | December 11, 2012
When it comes to the human brain, many scientists believe that we are incapable of understanding how it works because we lack the tools and intelligence to measure...New Scientist From ACM News | November 16, 2012
One of the greatest benefits of 3D printing technology—the ability to make replacements or parts for household objects like toys, utensils and gadgets—may be denied...New Scientist From ACM Opinion | October 16, 2012