The possibility that our entire universe merely exists inside a computer simulation is more than an idle science fiction ...

It's a plot device beloved by science fiction: our entire universe might be a simulation running on some advanced ...

This idea was once thought to lie beyond the reach of scientific inquiry,” said physicist Mir Faizal of the University of British Columbia.

Physicist Mir Faizal, Adjunct Professor with UBC Okanagan’s Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science, was not out to shatter the ...

Theory of Computation offers a rigorous mathematical framework that underpins our understanding of what can be computed and how efficiently these computations may be performed. It encompasses ...

A new study suggests that, at least mathematically speaking, the idea doesn’t hold up, as some facets of reality can’t be ...

The natural complexity of the universe should phase out the possibility of some advanced civilization controlling reality ...

We have become used to the idea that software will not work properly. We are remarkably tolerant of software that goes wrong. We don’t expect software to work correctly “out of the box.” More to the ...

Could the deepest laws of nature ever be reduced to lines of code? A team of physicists from Canada, the United States, the ...

Computational neuroscientists have developed a computational model that provides insight into the function of the brain's visual cortex and the information processing that enables people to perceive ...