The idea that reality might be a kind of cosmic software has moved from late night dorm debates into serious physics journals ...

Researchers from the Faculty of Engineering at The University of Hong Kong (HKU) have made a significant discovery regarding ...

A new analysis of computer simulations of Earth’s magnetic field suggests that its behavior was different early in Earth’s history, resulting in greater stability and fewer reversals of the magnetic ...

A new research paper reframes the simulation hypothesis, asking whether reality could be simulated and what science can test.

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Ever since Oxford philosopher Nick Bostrom proposed his simulation argument in 2001, the nerdiverse has attempted to assess the possibility that reality is not really real, that what we experience as ...

On the left, in blue, is an X-ray image of an accreting supermassive black hole (shown inset as artwork) composited on an optical image of galaxies in the deep universe. On the right is an ...

In a mesmerizing display of scientific artistry, NASA has unleashed a stunning simulation that takes viewers on an awe-inspiring journey through the history of the universe. While the universe's ...