In December 2024 Google's quantum chip Willow solved a benchmark in five minutes that would take the fastest supercomputer 10^25 years. Its error correction scales with size — a milestone on the long road to practical quantum computing.
Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck shows how mindset shapes achievement: praising children for effort rather than talent makes them embrace challenges, while 'not yet' instead of 'fail' opens the door to growth. The brain is like a muscle — and believing you can improve is the first step to actually improving.
Founded in 1876 in Baltimore, JHU was America's first research university and created the modern model of graduate education. Its medicine, public health and biomedical research are world-leading, and Johns Hopkins Hospital ranks first in the US year after year.
The deepest and oldest freshwater lake on Earth, Lake Baikal freezes so solid in winter that cars drive across it, revealing crystal-blue ice. In summer the water is so clear it is called 'the blue eye of Siberia'.
Carved from red quartzite around 1370 BC, this head once belonged to a statue more than seven metres tall that stood in Amenhotep III's temple complex at Thebes. The pharaoh wears the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt. Though the face is damaged, the scale and craftsmanship still convey the overwhelming power of one of Egypt's most prosperous rulers.