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At the core of a quantum computer is the quantum processor, but these technologies are vastly different from the CPUs found in conventional computers.

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Cahokia, in modern-day Illinois, was one of the largest cities in the world.

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REFERENCE Wolf spiders are a large family of hairy and athletic arachnids that chase down prey on the ground rather than catching food in webs.

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Reference Tardigrades, often called water bears or moss piglets, are near-microscopic animals that are extremely resilient.

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reference Centrifugal and centripetal are two closely related forces that describe circular motion, but the meanings are often mixed up.

The woolly mammoth, a cousin of today's elephants, died out about 10,000 years ago. It may be possible to bring them back by cloning, but should we?

Discover interesting facts about how evolution works, the different patterns that can emerge from evolution, how quickly organisms can evolve, and whether evolution is a random or ordered process

Homo floresiensis, a diminutive hominin dubbed the hobbit, lived about 17,000 years ago on a remote Indonesian island.

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Cottonmouth snakes, also known as water moccasins, are venomous snakes found throughout the southeastern U.S. that can be identified by the white color in their mouths.

The Thracian gladiator Spartacus, a popular character in movies and television, outsmarted the Romans until his demise in the first century B.C.

Neanderthals are an extinct group of hominins that emerged around 400,000 years ago and died off around 40,000 years ago. They are our closest known relatives and interbred with Homo sapiens.

The history of video games goes back decades — dating back to the dawn of computing itself.

Here are Denisovan facts about their discovery, where and when they lived and what we know about their appearance, genetics and culture.