It's a plot device beloved by science fiction: our entire universe might be a simulation running on some advanced ...

For the first time, scientists have the calculations and simulations to explain mysterious flashes from the galaxy OJ 287.

While quantum phenomena can be demonstrated using experiments such as the Double-Slit Experiment, certifying that a multi-qubit system is truly tapping into quantum mechanics is a challenge. It also ...

Conservative: Dumbest Kirk Conspiracy Theory? The fact that Charlie Kirk’s murderer was not “someone whose politics centered on Israel- or Jewish-related topics” has annoyed “a small but influential ...

At the New York City premiere of A Big, Bold, Beautiful Journey, Margot Robbie wore a black and white double slit Mugler dress. She paired the outfit with black strapped heels and accessorized with ...

Lisa, also known as Lalisa Manoban, turned heads at the Primetime Emmy Awards, sporting a uniquely designed pink gown. The prestigious event was held at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. For those ...

More than 20 years ago, futurist intellectual Nick Bostrom upended the psyches of tech bros the world around when he proposed in a 2003 Philosophical Quarterly paper that we all may be living in a ...

This series of Playable Futures articles considers how the design, technology, people, and theory of video games are informing and influencing the wider world. For this series' final entry, we're ...

Abstract illustration of a quantum double-slit experiment. Credit: ZME Science/Midjourney. MIT physicists have recreated the most iconic experiment in quantum physics — this time with individual atoms ...

In a nutshell, MIT's ultra double-slit experiment provides compelling evidence against the local realism of Einstein but in favour of the indeterminacy of quantum. Through the demonstration of the ...

A groundbreaking experiment demonstrates yet again that light exists both as a wave and a particle in the quantum world—but we can’t see both at the same time. Reading time: Reading time 3 minutes ...

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