Researchers say they've proven that the fundamental nature of reality simply cannot be simulated on any computer.

A new study suggests that, at least mathematically speaking, the idea doesn’t hold up, as some facets of reality can’t be ...

A question that has vexed physicists for the past century may finally have a solution – but perhaps not the one everyone was ...

Advanced simulations have been the subject of fiction from The Matrix to the season two episode of The Twilight Zone (2019), ...

Is this real life? Is this just fantasy? A growing number of scientists are suggesting that the idea that we are all living ...

Monisha Ravisetti was a science writer at CNET. She covered climate change, space rockets, mathematical puzzles, dinosaur bones, black holes, supernovas, and sometimes, the drama of philosophical ...

The simulation theory is an old belief that everything we know and love is just part of a computer-run simulation. It's a belief that relies on everything we know being part of an advanced virtual ...

Simulation theory proposes that our reality is a sophisticated computer simulation, raising profound questions about the nature of consciousness and existence. Simulation theory is a fascinating ...

One of the most unusual speculations in the realm of science and tech is that the universe itself isn’t real. But the idea is almost certainly nonsense, mathematician Jonathan Bartlett, director of a ...