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

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- The heart of the Midwest is becoming the hub of activity in a new computer research project that benefits education, research and industry around the globe. The Purdue ...

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Some people fear we humans are nothing more than pickled brains floating in a glass bowl as we're fed a false version of reality through a bundle of wires. Now a team of scientists at Oxford ...

A groundbreaking study from the University of British Columbia Okanagan challenges the simulation hypothesis, proving that the universe cannot be a simulation due to fundamental mathematical truths.

New psychoactive substances, originally developed as potential analgesics but abandoned due to adverse side effects, may ...

Elon Musk and others find it plausible that our experiences result from events in a computer simulation, just like the characters in the Matrix movies. An alternative view, supported by both common ...

FORT BENNING, Ga. – It was another hot day about a year ago here when an Army team that runs battlefield experiments using computer simulation took seats at a long brown conference table and got ...