Learn how to create a Python simulation of a tipping stick! In this video, we guide you step by step through coding a physics-based simulation that models tipping motion, friction, and torque. Perfect ...

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 ...

The late ‘90s were a weird time. Home computing became increasingly common and the internet hatched into existence, still gooey and ill-mannered. As we turned the millennial page, technology promised ...

Cocoons of debris around dying stars could shake ripples in spacetime unlike any astronomers have ever seen. “This is a potential source of gravitational waves that has never been investigated before, ...

The section of his book on the simulation argument, found in chapter 12, begins with the assumption that Nick Bostrom and the like are arguing that we actually are in a simulation. They are not. Most ...

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 long-held dream in astronomy has finally come into reach, and it carries a surprising emotional weight. For years, scientists have imagined watching the Milky Way evolve one star at a time, almost ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – The University at Buffalo School of Nursing will create a new $34 million simulation center to advance cutting-edge nursing research, education and professional development. The center ...

Before a potential customer buys an autonomous mobile robot solution, Locus Robotics often uses different types of simulation to determine the type of robots needed and the number needed to optimize ...

I was invited by the American Humanist Association to present the arguments of my paper “Natural Evil and the Simulation Hypothesis” at the national conference this past weekend. It was fun: I met a ...

The School of Nursing will create a new $34 million simulation center to advance cutting-edge nursing research, education and professional development. The center, announced Friday by Gov. Kathy ...