Science
Nobel awards quantum circuit pioneers
The Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John M. Martinis for demonstrating quantum effects in electronic circuits that underpin today’s quantum computers.
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Ramsdell wins Nobel for immunity
Fred Ramsdell won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for work on immune tolerance and learned of it while hiking in the western United States.
Parents scramble; child doses scarce
The CDC and HHS recommended updated COVID-19 vaccines on Monday, but many pharmacies and pediatricians lacked child-specific doses, leaving parents struggling to find shots.
Shackleton knew Endurance was unfit
A structural analysis of the Endurance's wreck in the Weddell Sea found the ship was inadequately designed for Antarctic compressive ice and that Shackleton had known its weaknesses before sailing.
