The idea that reality—the universe, our world, and everything we perceive—is a simulation has fascinated philosophers and scientists for millennia, but new findings suggest that the theory, despite ...

For two decades, scientists have seriously considered whether we’re living in a simulated universe. A computer scientist at the University of Louisville explores ways that humans could try to hack our ...

The idea that reality might be a kind of cosmic software has shifted from late-night dorm debate to a live question in ...

It’s a plot device beloved by science fiction: our entire universe might be a simulation running on some advanced civilization’s supercomputer. But new research from UBC Okanagan has mathematically ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A team of physicists has proven that the universe cannot be reduced to a simulation. (CREDIT: Wikimedia / CC BY-SA 4.0) Physicist ...

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This series of Playable Futures articles considers how the design, technology, people, and theory of video games are informing and influencing the wider world. For this series' final entry, we're ...

We like to think that the universe follows a strict set of logical rules, but every now and then, we stumble upon facts that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image credit: YouTube / @nikhil.kamath Elon Musk recently stated that he believes that humanity might be living inside a ...