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  1. Chemistry

    A new iron compound hints ‘primordial’ helium hides in Earth’s core

    Earth’s core could contain helium from the early solar system. The noble gas tucks into gaps in iron crystals under high pressure and temperature.

    By Skyler Ware
  2. Quantum Physics

    A quantum computing milestone is immediately challenged by a supercomputer

    A quantum processor solved a problem in 20 minutes that would take a supercomputer millions of years. A supercomputer then did a part of it in about 2 hours.

    By Mara Johnson-Groh
  3. Anthropology

    Western Europe’s oldest face adds new wrinkles to human evolution

    Face bones unearthed in a cave suggest that members of our genus, Homo, reached northern Spain as early as 1.4