Saturday's paper featured an article about mathematicians at WSU who may have developed the first encryption code capable of withstanding attack by quantum computers.

But if you're still trying to wrap you're head around quantum computing, join the crowd. I'm embedding a great general explainer produced by the science video blog Veritasium to help.

Don't be surprised if after watching it you're still a bit confused, though.

The late science fiction author Michael Crichton, a medical doctor whose science background enabled him to explain breakthroughs in easy-to-understand fictional adventures still resonating with readers today, once offered this simple observation: "Quantum technology turns ordinary reality upside down."

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