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‘A Glitch in the Matrix’ documentary explores the dark side of simulation theory

What happens when simulation theory becomes more than a fascinating thought experiment?

Physicist creates AI algorithm that may prove reality is a simulation

A physicist creates an AI algorithm that predicts natural events and may prove the simulation hypothesis.

Scientists are building Earth’s virtual twin

Their goal is a digital model of the Earth that depicts climate change in all of its complexity.

Universe works like a cosmological neural network, argues new paper

Controversial physics theory says reality around us behaves like a computer neural network.

NASA’s new project lets you take a simulated ride in a Mars rover

Help future Mars rovers better navigate the red planet’s treacherous terrain.

NASA videos show what sunsets look like elsewhere in the galaxy

On other planets, blue skies and red sunsets aren’t the norm.

New 3D computer model shows how far a cough can spread indoors

This unsettling simulation shows how mucus-mist can rapidly spread in a grocery store.

3 superb arguments for why we live in a matrix – and 3 arguments that refute them

Is this the real life or is it just fantasy? And does it really even matter?

Are We Living inside a Massive Computer Program?

Is our existence base reality—or are we pawns in a matrix? Cognitive scientist Joscha Bach explains how we might be able to tell.

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Two billionaires are financing an escape from the real matrix

Two billionaires are apparently funding research into how we can escape the simulation they believe we’re trapped in.