For generations, astronomers have pondered the origins of globular clusters, which are among the universe’s oldest and ...

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

Many philosophers and scientists have pondered if we live in a simulated universe, and University of Portsmouth scientist ...

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

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

You can journey to the ends of the earth in search of success,” 19th-century Baptist preacher Russell Conwell is said to have ...

For decades, astronomers have wondered what the very first stars in the universe were like. These stars formed new chemical elements, which enriched the universe and allowed the next generations of ...

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 ...

For more than two decades, some scientists have pondered the possibility that life as we know is actually an unfathomably complex simulation. While some suggest looking for “glitches” to find evidence ...

Neil deGrasse Tyson hosted a debate at which he and several other scientists expressed support for the idea that we live in a computer simulation. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X ...

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 ...