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

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

Google’s Willow quantum chip reveals a non-equilibrium exotic phase of matter; spews more parallel universe theories.

An international team of scientists has observed a never-before-seen exotic phase of matter on a quantum processor using ...

In 2022 three scientists won the Nobel Prize in Physics for proving something astonishing: the universe is not locally real. In other words, particles don’t have fixed properties until they are ...

The complete circuit for measuring the number of particles created in an expanding universe. Credit: Scientific Reports (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-87015-6. A new study published in Scientific ...

John von Neumann came about as close as humanly possible to embodying the Platonic ideal of a genius. Conversant in ancient Greek by age 6, the Hungarian made significant mathematical advances in his ...

Most people have never heard of vacuum decay, but if it happened it would be the biggest natural disaster in the universe. Sure, an asteroid could destroy a city or wipe out life on Earth. A supernova ...

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 ...