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Here’s why some people believe we’re living in a computer simulation of reality – like a giant video game in which we’re all the characters.

The simulation hypothesis is an impressive logical and philosophical argument that has challenged our fundamental notions of reality.

A Russian mathematician has developed a new method for analyzing a class of equations that underpin models in physics and ...

Engineers at MIT have turned one of computing’s biggest headaches, waste heat, into the main act. By sculpting “dust-sized” silicon structures that steer heat as precisely as electrical current, they ...

Randles began her career as a physicist and she explains why she was drawn to the multidisciplinary research that she does today. Randles talks about her enduring love of computer coding and also ...

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If true, the idea would blow past one of physics’ most sacred limits: that parallel versions of reality can never talk to ...

This initiative is part of TECH SPARK Africa, an effort designed to empower higher education institutions across southern ...

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