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

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By: KENNETH CUKIER We see the world not as it is, but as we are. In the domain of data, economists need to rethink what ...

Anti-Ramsey theory in graphs is a branch of combinatorial mathematics that examines the conditions under which a graph, when its edges are coloured, must necessarily contain a ‘rainbow’ subgraph – a ...

Tech companies are claiming machines more intelligent than us and capable of having their own agendas are just around the ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly used to analyze medical images, materials data and scientific measurements, but ...

A $1 million prize awaits anyone who can show where the math of fluid flow breaks down. With specially trained AI systems, ...

A team led by Guoyin Yin at Wuhan University and the Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory recently proposed a modular machine learning ...

The Majorana 1 quantum computer was hailed as a significant breakthrough by Microsoft, but critics say the company has yet to ...

Behavioral economist Katy Milkman explains why most New Year’s resolutions fail and shares how science-backed strategies can build habits that last. From Agency Chaos to Dark Energy Shocks: How ...