A new research paper reframes the simulation hypothesis, asking whether reality could be simulated and what science can test.

The idea that the universe itself might be intelligent sounds like science fiction, yet a growing group of researchers is ...

In the strange world of quantum mechanics, objects can exist in several states at once. This concept, called superposition, is one of the most puzzling features of quantum theory. A particle, for ...

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Physicists have taken a bold step beyond Einstein's special theory of relativity, proposing an expansion of special relativity that includes observers moving faster than light. This fresh perspective ...

According to the theory, our reality is encoded on the boundary of a black hole within a much larger universe.

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Given how unfathomably large the universe is, it is perhaps understandable that we haven’t yet cracked all its secrets. But there are actually some pretty basic features, ones we used to think we ...

A new theory promises to simplify our approach to the universe's earliest moments, but some cosmologists say further mathematical scrutiny is warranted. Reading time 5 minutes Following the Big Bang, ...