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

Physicist Mir Faizal, Adjunct Professor with UBC Okanagan’s Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science, was not out to shatter the ...

It's a plot device beloved by science fiction: our entire universe might be a simulation running on some advanced ...

According to Dr. Mir Faizal, Adjunct Professor at UBC Okanagan’s Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science, and his international ...

A scientific study disproves the idea that the universe is a computer simulation, proving reality cannot be reproduced by algorithms.

For more than two decades, some scientists have pondered the possibility that life as we know is actually an unfathomably complex simulation. While some suggest looking for “glitches” to find evidence ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Image extracted from the Euclid Flagship simulations catalogue. Each dot represents a galaxy: ...

What if the universe isn't as spontaneous as it seems? What if the galaxies, the laws of physics—even you—are all running on code? It's a theory that's captivated scientists and sci-fi fans alike. And ...

We have long taken it for granted that gravity is one of the basic forces of nature—one of the invisible threads that keeps the universe stitched together. But suppose that this is not true. Suppose ...

Melvin M. Vopson is affiliated with the University of Portsmouth and the Information Physics Institute. We have long taken it for granted that gravity is one of the basic forces of nature – one of the ...