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Did government scientists really create a secret quantum internet? No, not really. But for two years, researchers at Los Alamos National Labs have been working on something they call  network-centric quantum communications  — and this could usher in the next generation of hyper-secure, scalable, and affordable quantum cryptographic techniques. We spoke to the lead researcher to find out more. Earlier this week, MIT’s  Technology Review  published an  article  claiming that a “government lab” has been secretly operating a “quantum internet” for over two years. Several other outlets ran with the story, including  Popular Science  and  Wired . But this idea, that a government-sponsored lab was secretly hacking away at the the Holy Grail of internet security, seemed too good to be true. So we contacted the lead researcher, Richard Hughes, to learn more about the project. 'Not a phrase we used’ “The MIT article doesn’t accurately char...