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 ...

The origin of our Universe remains one of the greatest enigmas of science, a question that seems to defy the limits of our ...

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 ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A new model predicts that the universe may start collapsing in around 10 billion years. | Credit: ...

AI expert Dr Roman Yampolskiy explained on Diary of a CEO podcast with Steven Bartlett the reason why he's 'almost certain' ...

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 — ...

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 ...

"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 ...