The best theory physicists have for the birth of the universe makes no sense. It goes like this: In the beginning—the very, if not quite veriest, beginning—there’s something called quantum foam. It’s ...

What if gravity were informed by the way matter was arranged in the universe — and a sign that we were living in a reality composed by a giant computer? In a new paper published in the journal AIP ...

The Covid-19 pandemic has shaken the world to its core. Beyond the horrendous loss of life, millions of people have lost their jobs, companies have shuttered and global supply chains have become ...

In the 4 th century BC, the Greek philosopher Plato theorised that humans do not perceive the world as it really is. All we can see is shadows on a wall. In 2003, the Swedish philosopher Nick Bostrom ...

A remarkably small bacterium containing fewer than 500 genes serves as the basis for one of the most detailed digital life reconstructions ever created. Using computer technology, scientists have ...

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There’s a new creation story going around. In the beginning, someone booted up a computer. Everything we see around us reflects states of that computer. We are artificial intelligences living in an ...

Scientists and philosophers meet at the bleeding edge of simulation theory. Because the question is so big, many experts approach it from very different angles. The weighted Bayesian calculation has a ...

Composites have become key materials for strategic industries such as aerospace, new energy vehicles, and high-end equipment due to their superior specific ...

SimScale integrates Pamics solver to deliver meshless fluid dynamics simulation, accelerating workflows by 10-20x for engineers ...

Decoupling application logic from hardware lets engineers test firmware on host machines instead of waiting for dev boards.