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Dr. David Peterson argues that if we are indeed living in a computer simulation of reality, we can probably hack it — by submitting feature requests.

A Scientist Is Looking Into Whether We Can Hack the Reality Simulation

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Researchers have created the largest computer simulation of the Universe, and have made the data available for anyone to download for free

Science & Energy

Scientists Create 3,000 TB Simulation of the Universe You Can Download

By Tony Ho Tran

The European Union wants to become climate neutral by 2050, so scientists are building a simulation of the entire planet to help it get there.

Scientists Start Work on Simulation of Entire Earth

By Dan Robitzski

The HP Omnicept measures biometrics to tell when people are stressed, which could be a good tool for high-stakes job simulations.

Virtual Reality

New VR Headset Reads Your Biometrics to Find Your Breaking Point

By Dan Robitzski

NASA is looking for participants to spent eight months together inside a spaceflight simulator at the Russian Institute for Biomedical Problems in Moscow.

NASA Will Pay You to Chill in a Fake Mars Mission for 8 Months

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists used a powerful supercomputer to create a new simulation that lets you see a galaxy form over the course of 13.8 billion years.

Science & Energy

Watch a Galaxy Form Over More Than 13 Billion Years

By Kristin Houser

The Human Brain Project, which ten years ago promised to model an entire human brain, failed to deliver. Scientists suspect it was doomed from the start.

Science & Energy

This Attempt to Simulate the Human Brain Fell Amazingly Flat

By Dan Robitzski

In an interview with MIT researchers Lex Fridman, Tesla CEO and visionary Elon Musk reiterated his belief that we're all living inside a simulation.

Elon Musk’s Question for Super-Smart AI: What’s Outside the Simulation?

By Victor Tangermann

In a new interview, "The Simulation Hypothesis" author and MIT professor Rizwan Virk asserts it's more likely we're living in a simulation than not.

MIT Prof: It’s More Likely We’re Living in a Simulation Than Not

By Jon Christian

British self-driving-car software startup Wayve has figured out a way to teach an AV how to drive exclusively using a simulation — not real world streets.

Self-Driving Vehicles

An Autonomous Car Learned How to Drive IRL Inside a Simulation

By Victor Tangermann

To Understand The Atmospheres Of Distant Exoplanets, Look To Your Car Engine

Science & Energy

To Understand The Atmospheres Of Distant Exoplanets, Look To Your Car Engine

By Claudia Geib

A human with a glowing pink skull looks at a wireframe human.

Technology Could Allow Us to Bring the Dead Back to Life

Elon Musk: “The Singularity for This Level of the Simulation Is Coming Soon”

Elon Musk: “The Singularity for This Level of the Simulation Is Coming Soon”

By Patrick Caughill

A Company Just Open-Sourced All of Its Self-Driving Software

Self-Driving Vehicles

A Company Just Open-Sourced All of Its Self-Driving Software

By Patrick Caughill

reality simulation reality vs simulation

Science & Energy

The Simulation Hypothesis: Is Reality All Just A Computer Simulation?

Living on the Red Planet: NASA Astronauts Emerge From Year-Long Mars Simulation

Living on the Red Planet: NASA Astronauts Emerge From Year-Long Mars Simulation