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

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As the year enters its final stretch, spectators are looking to the Milei administration in order to figure out whether it ...

Step inside the strange world of a superfluid, a liquid that can flow endlessly without friction, defying the common-sense ...

In 2026, the European Union will start charging a carbon-emissions-based tax on imported goods such as steel, cement and ...

Right now, the debate about consciousness often feels frozen between two entrenched positions. On one side sits computational ...

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Hypersonic aircraft promise to compress distance and time in ways that make even the fastest supersonic jets look dated, yet the United States Air Force is discovering that flying at several times the ...