‘Simulation theory’ brings an AI twist out of ‘The Matrix’ to ideas mystics and religious scholars have voiced for centuries

The technology that has helped propel the simulation theory may be new, but the questions it explores are ancient.

String theory: Scientists are trying new ways to verify the idea that could unite all of physics

In 1980, Stephen Hawking gave his first lecture as Lucasian Professor at the University of Cambridge. The lecture was called ...

You’re a Computer Science Major. Don’t Panic.

For decades, computer science students have been taught a central skill: using computers to solve problems. In practice, that ...