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

The simulation hypothesis—the idea that our universe might be an artificial construct running on some advanced alien computer ...

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Physicists have spent decades arguing over whether our universe is a fundamental reality or a kind of cosmic software, and ...

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Environmental change doesn’t affect evolution in a single, predictable way. In large-scale computer simulations, scientists ...

Advanced computer models can quantify the impacts of climate change and other environmental challenges, providing deep ...

Black holes are among the most extreme objects in the universe, and now scientists can model them more accurately than ever ...

In what used to be a dry cleaner's on Sunset Boulevard, Robert Lempert listened, hands clasped behind his back, as his neighbors finally took a moment to step away from recovery’s endless stream of ...

Researchers at the University of Cologne use simulations to investigate the likelihood of interactions between Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans on the Iberian Peninsula / publication in ...

Even consciousness could reveal its secrets someday with this realistic simulation, researchers hope. It will not only ...