A research team at the Jülich Supercomputing Center, together with experts from NVIDIA, has set a new record in quantum ...

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

The concept that we are all computer-generated characters occupying a world as real as the ones gamers explore on their PlayStation consoles isn't exactly a new one. As far back as 1999, Morpheus was ...

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

There’s a 50 percent chance we’re living in a computer simulation, according to new analysis. A scientist from Columbia University in the US claims it’s not too far-fetched to suggest our reality is a ...

In this week's It’s Debatable article, Rick Rosen and Charles Moster debate whether we're all living in a computer simulation like the Matrix. Rosen retired as a professor from the Texas Tech ...

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

Could our universe be simulated? Physicists are saying that the answer is no. Scientists have discovered that it’s impossible to model the physics of our universe on even the biggest computer. What ...

“The strongest argument for us probably being in a simulation I think is the following,” Musk said. “40 years ago we had Pong. Two rectangles and a dot. That’s where we were.” “Now 40 years later we ...

Theoretical physicists have dispelled the idea we are living in a Matrix-style computer simulation, calculating that not all aspects of our reality can be simulated efficiently using computers. The ...