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

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Nick Land believes that digital superintelligence is going to kill us all. In San Francisco, his followers ask: What if, ...

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For more than a decade, MIT Associate Professor Rafael Gómez-Bombarelli has used artificial intelligence to create new materials. As the technology ...

New data from major dark-energy observatories suggest the universe may not expand forever after all. A Cornell physicist calculates that the cosmos is heading toward a dramatic reversal: after ...

Faint structures play a crucial role in cosmic development, and scientists are only just beginning to grasp their full extent and role in shaping the universe.

This breathtaking clue about the architecture of consciousness supports a Nobel-Prize winner’s theory about how quantum physics works in your brain.

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Whether they're zany comedies like Back to the Future or cerebral dramas like Arrival, these sci-fi movies are a masterclass ...