The notion that our universe might be a giant simulation has intrigued scientists and philosophers for decades. Recent ...

A scientist proposes a new law of physics suggesting the universe may be a digital simulation, linking physics, biology, and ...

Information could become the fifth state of matter alongside gas, plasma, liquid, and solid states. A scientist has proposed ...

Are we living in “The Matrix” in real life? In the 1999 science-fiction film, Neo discovers that the universe is a simulation — but one scientist believes that the idea isn’t all fiction. Dr. Melvin ...

A study led by the University of Surrey has used high-resolution simulations to solve a centuries-old cosmic mystery in astronomy—the origin of globular clusters—and unexpectedly discovered a new type ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Many philosophers and scientists have pondered if we live in a simulated universe, and University of ...

You`re walking down the street and suddenly feel like you’ve been there before. A strange déjà vu. The same faces. The same breeze. The same billboard. You blink, and it passes. Coincidence? Maybe. Or ...

Are we inhabitants of a computational construct rather than a mind-independent, “base” reality? The simulation question ...

New computer simulations suggest the first magnetic fields that emerged after the Big Bang were much weaker than expected — ...

File this one under "fun to think about, probably not changing your day job": a new study just dropped that suggests gravity itself might be the smoking gun that our entire universe is one big ...

Recent progress on both analog and digital simulations of quantum fields foreshadows a future in which quantum computers ...

I’ve started making my way (skeptically) through Ray Kurzweil’s How to Create a Mind, and at the recommendation of a friend, I’ve also started keeping tabs on KurzweilAI, a Kurzweil-blessed site ...