Abstract: The Linear Parameter Varying Dynamical System (LPV-DS) is an effective approach that learns stable, time-invariant motion policies using statistical modeling and semi-definite optimization ...

The simulation hypothesis—the idea that our universe might be an artificial construct running on some advanced alien computer—has long captured the public imagination. Yet most arguments about it rest ...

Rizwan Virk owns shares in Google, and in various video game companies. He is also a venture partner in Griffin Gaming Partners, a venture capital fund dedicated to investing in video game-related ...

New research from UBC Okanagan mathematically demonstrates that the universe cannot be simulated. Using Gödel’s incompleteness theorem, scientists found that reality requires “non-algorithmic ...

In January 1996, Democratic President Bill Clinton declared during his State of the Union address that "the era of big government is over." And following Americas decisive victory in the Cold War, it ...

The true nature of our universe as been an open debate for millennia, and recently, scientists and philosophers have pondered whether it might be a hyper-realistic simulation perpetuated by some super ...

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Bill McGurn, Allysia Finley and Kim Strassel. I was an academic scientist at Penn State in February 2020, when I became the target of an online ...

A comet called 3I/ATLAS is making its closest approach to the sun today (Wednesday October 29)—but is it really an alien spacecraft as one prominent scientist has speculated? If 3I/ATLAS was a ...

Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work covers anything from archaeology and the environment to technology and culture. Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work ...

Why do humans have a taste for alcohol? The answer may go back millions of years. It's called the drunken monkey hypothesis. Humans get their alcoholic appetite from primate ancestors, and UC Berkeley ...