Here’s why some people believe we’re living in a computer simulation of reality – like a giant video game in which we’re all the characters.

The idea that reality might be a kind of cosmic software has shifted from late-night dorm debate to a live question in ...

The simulation hypothesis is an impressive logical and philosophical argument that has challenged our fundamental notions of reality.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A team of physicists has proven that the universe cannot be reduced to a simulation. (CREDIT: Wikimedia / CC BY-SA 4.0) Physicist ...

Is it time to rethink one of physics’ fundamental forces?

Neutrino particles have extremely small masses, yet there are so many of them that they carve out the large-scale structure ...

It’s a plot device beloved by science fiction: our entire universe might be a simulation running on some advanced civilization’s supercomputer. But new research from UBC Okanagan has mathematically ...

Many philosophers and scientists have pondered if we live in a simulated universe, and University of Portsmouth scientist Melvin Vopson believes he has evidence. Using his previously formulated Second ...

For many years, scientists have tried to understand how the Milky Way is positioned in space, and how it moves together with ...

"We already see indications of cracks in the standard model." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Are we living in a simulation? Well ...

Elon Musk and others find it plausible that our experiences result from events in a computer simulation, just like the characters in the Matrix movies. An alternative view, supported by both common ...

Physicist Mir Faizal, Adjunct Professor with UBC Okanagan’s Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science, was not out to shatter the dreams of science fiction enthusiasts when he began to study the limits of ...