The simulation hypothesis—the idea that our universe might be an artificial construct running on some advanced alien computer—has long captured the public imagination. Yet most arguments about it rest ...

Physicists discovered that the famous ‘Star Trek’ spaceship got a lot right about designing a ship to jump from galaxy to ...

Research reveals why AI systems can't become conscious—and what radically different computing substrates would be needed to ...

Every online bank transfer, private message and Bitcoin transaction rests on the assumption that some math problems are ...

By inserting tiny imperfections into the stones, scientists open up possibilities in computing, encryption and sensors ...

For nearly a century, some of the strangest questions in physics have revolved around how quantum objects move, interact and ...

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Yosra Barkaoui’s doctoral dissertation in mathematics at the University of Vaasa, Finland, has successfully generalised a fundamental theorem that has been limited to the bounded case. The research ...

How can you take a holistic look at computing, from the top down? Computer science is the answer. As the trend toward globalization connects people in every part of the world, digital networks and ...

WASHINGTON, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Scientists have observed the largest-known rotating structure in the cosmos - a gargantuan thread-like assemblage of hundreds of galaxies, gas and dark matter that makes ...