Sherry Turkle, who says that computer simulations have introduced some strange problems into reality. In her new book, Simulation and Its Discontents (MIT Press), Ms. Turkle, a professor of the social ...

The idea that reality might be a kind of cosmic software has moved from late night dorm debates into serious physics journals ...

Sandia National Laboratories scientist Rémi Dingreville has co-developed a way to speed up virtually any kind of computer simulation, a ubiquitous research tool across science and industry.

Physicists have long struggled to explain why the universe started out with conditions suitable for life to evolve. Why do the physical laws and constants take the very specific values that allow ...

Researchers have demonstrated a new method that leverages artificial intelligence (AI) and computer simulations to train robotic exoskeletons to autonomously help users save energy while walking, ...

The built environment faces increasing pressures from climate change, resource limitations, and rapid urbanisation.

Researchers used a simulator that incorporates AI technology to uncover the survival strategy of the coronavirus in response to human behavioral changes such as staying home and isolating infected ...

Is this real life? Is this just fantasy? A growing number of scientists are suggesting that the idea that we are all living in a simulation may not be completely far-fetched. Simulation theory is the ...