For years, a French mathematician searched for a proof that a gigantic number is prime. His method is still used 150 years ...

Two mathematicians have proved that a straightforward question—how hard is it to untie a knot?—has a complicated answer.

The technology that has helped propel the simulation theory may be new, but the questions it explores are ancient.

A new study has suggested that the idea of our universe being a simulation does not hold up at all, and it’s not because of a ...

The belief that we are living in a Matrix-like simulation has has grown traction in recent years, but boffins believe they ...