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

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

A giant impact on the early Earth could have brought the building blocks of RNA to our planet, which new research suggests ...

"We think we can make something better or find out what is going on in this interesting area if we try a bunch of things and apply several sophisticated techniques to study this." These proposals are ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

When reading scientific articles (and many other articles on Futurism), you’ll likely to come across the terms “hypothesis,” “theory,” ” and “law.” In the scientific community, these words have very ...

Business owners like to know how their decisions will impact their businesses. According to Harvard Business School Online, before making decisions, managers may explore the benefits of hypothesis ...

The hypothesis holds that they can see us, but we can't see them. Ask your friends why scientists have failed to find extraterrestrials and you can be sure at least one of them will offer the ...