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 ...

When Russian forces rolled into Ukraine in early 2022, one of the first moves by Kyiv was sending a post to Elon Musk on X: Ukraine needs satellite internet. Within days, thousands of Starlink ...

Scientists have developed a groundbreaking tool called Effort.jl that lets them simulate the structure of the universe using just a laptop. The team created a system that dramatically speeds up how ...

Catalysts play an indispensable role in modern manufacturing. More than 80% of all manufactured products, from pharmaceuticals to plastics, rely on catalytic processes at some stage of production.

AI-simulated students consistently outperform real students—and make different kinds of mistakes—in math and reading comprehension, according to a new study. That could cause problems for teachers, ...

Recent progress in both analog and digital quantum simulations heralds a future in which quantum computers could simulate — and thereby illuminate — physical phenomena that are far too complex for ...

The U.S. Army’s training sites, such as the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, California, shown here, don’t replicate the terrain that the Army is most likely to fight on, warns a U.S. Army ...

On a gray Sunday morning in March, I told an AI chatbot my life story. Introducing herself as Isabella, she spoke with a friendly female voice that would have been well-suited to a human therapist, ...

A team of scientists has developed a remarkable new approach to modeling how cells behave over time—using a digital "forecast" much like predicting the weather. By combining patient genomics with a ...

Imagine this: you’re in the middle of an important project, juggling deadlines, and collaborating with a team scattered across time zones. Suddenly, your computer crashes, and hours of work vanish in ...

TAIPEI, July 1 (Reuters) - Taiwan will simulate a Chinese blockade and invasion of the democratic island in its annual military and civil defence drills next week, as President Lai Ching-te warned on ...

When a molecule absorbs light, it undergoes a whirlwind of quantum-mechanical transformations. Electrons jump between energy levels, atoms vibrate, and chemical bonds shift—all within millionths of a ...