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The simulation hypothesis—the idea that our universe might be an artificial construct running on some advanced alien computer—has long captured the public imagination. Yet most arguments about it rest ...

New research from UBC Okanagan mathematically demonstrates that the universe cannot be simulated. Using Gödel’s incompleteness theorem, scientists found that reality requires “non-algorithmic ...

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ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A community event at the Rochester Community Sports Complex aimed to help residents in need took place today. Organized by the Chisel Collective LLC, a local nonprofit, the event ...

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What if gravity were informed by the way matter was arranged in the universe — and a sign that we were living in a reality composed by a giant computer? In a new paper published in the journal AIP ...

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It was easy to take for granted, amid all the hype which helped fill to the brim this circus tent plonked in the Entertainment Quarter, that Cold Chisel’s 50th-anniversary tour is a remarkable moment.