Ariel Bleicher

The quest for "quantum supremacy" – unambiguous proof that a quantum computer does something faster than an ordinary computer – has paradoxically led to a boom in quasi-quantum classical algorithms.

To tell truth from fiction, start with quantitative thinking, argues the mathematician Rebecca Goldin.

Species gain and shed startling amounts of DNA as they evolve, and even genomes that look stable churn furiously. What does it mean?

The computational biologist John Novembre uses our genetic code to rewrite the history of humanity.