IBM's New Roadmap 

The biggest recent development in the scientific world comes from IBM, which has released a new roadmap for its quantum computing initiative and claims they are still on track in terms of the number of qubits.But keep in mind that the number of qubits alone doesn’t tell you all that much, it also matters how large the computation error on the qubits is. The bottleneck for the superconducting qubit technology that IBM (and also Google) have banked on will come somewhere between 2k and 10k. The next few years will be *very* interesting for quantum computing. I expect some major shifts among the top players.Check out my summary of different quantum computing technologies and their pros and cons here. 

Other Recent Developments 

GOES -18 First Images Released The NOAA released a stunning series of images from its newest satellite, GOES-18. This new instrument orbits approximately 22,236 miles above the equator, and is scheduled to replace its sister satellite, GOES-17, sometime in early 2023.  Read more here

Additional Storyline: Results of new structure formation simulation, the THESAN project with movies and images

My most recent video is about the question of whether we can make black holes and if we could, what we could do with them. I also explain what a black hole bomb is, how the Penrose process works, and what black hole lasers are. You don’t want to miss this one!

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Existential Physics: A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions

A contrarian scientist wrestles with the big questions that modern physics raises, and what physics says about the human condition. Here's the first review of my new book. Pre-order it here.