The simulation hypothesis—the idea that our universe might be an artificial construct running on some advanced alien computer—has long captured the public imagination. Yet most arguments about it rest ...

The true nature of our universe as been an open debate for millennia, and recently, scientists and philosophers have pondered whether it might be a hyper-realistic simulation perpetuated by some super ...

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Scientists have developed a groundbreaking tool called Effort.jl that lets them simulate the structure of the universe using just a laptop. The team created a system that dramatically speeds up how ...

If such a simulation were possible, the simulated universe could itself give rise to life, which in turn might create its own simulation. This recursive possibility makes it seem highly unlikely that ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — If you notice police cars and fire trucks on Dale Avenue on Thursday, there is no need to panic. The Knoxville Police Department and other agencies plan to conduct a ...

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — It’s not an emergency! Officials are looking to spread the word about a Chesterfield County Fire and EMS training exercise that will be taking place on Pocahontas ...

Recent progress in both analog and digital quantum simulations heralds a future in which quantum computers could simulate — and thereby illuminate — physical phenomena that are far too complex for ...

Recently, a woman slowed down a line at the post office, waving her phone at the clerk. ChatGPT told her there’s a “price match promise” on the USPS website. No such promise exists. But she trusted ...

The U.S. Army’s training sites, such as the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, California, shown here, don’t replicate the terrain that the Army is most likely to fight on, warns a U.S. Army ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Columbus first responders staged a mass casualty simulation on Thursday, designed to prepare all divisions for possible tragedies. There was chaos at the Columbus Fire Training ...

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. — The U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command has officially opened its new state-of-the-art research, development and analysis facility supporting computational and ...