Few scientific ideas have leapt from philosophy seminars to dinner-table debates as quickly as the claim that our universe ...

A physicist has mounted one of the most detailed technical challenges yet against the idea that our universe is a computer ...

It’s a short question, but a colossal one. A question that has been pondered by the greatest philosophical minds in human history: Plato, Hegel, Descartes, various extremely committed Redditors ...

In many countries, investment in nuclear power has waned significantly over recent decades. Now, as the previous generation of engineers ages into retirement, there are too few new engineers to take ...