If you feel like you're living in a convincing virtual reality akin to The Matrix, a scientist thinks you may well be right. Melvin Vopson, an associate professor in physics at the University of ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Many philosophers and scientists have pondered if we live in a simulated universe, ...

In fact, the Euclid Consortium, the international group managing the European Space Agency's Euclid space telescope, just ...

Ever since Oxford philosopher Nick Bostrom proposed his simulation argument in 2001, the nerdiverse has attempted to assess the possibility that reality is not really real, that what we experience as ...

File this one under "fun to think about, probably not changing your day job": a new study just dropped that suggests gravity itself might be the smoking gun that our entire universe is one big ...

This controversial theory says the universe is subject to an ultimate, higher-order law that we can’t comprehend.

Scientists have used supercomputers to create a "synthetic universe" that will help predict what the next generation of super-telescopes will see upon opening their eyes to the cosmos. These ...

Astronomers have released a set of more than a million simulated images showcasing the cosmos as NASA’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will see it. This preview will help scientists ...

Since childhood, Berat has been a PC gamer who strives to play indie games with a true sense of exploration. In his spare time, Berat often reads some of the darkest manga series, such as Berserk and ...

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