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 ...

On a cold winter morning in 1922, the delegates who negotiated the original Colorado River Compact left their respective capitals for Bishop’s Lodge just outside Santa Fe. Gathered in a room, they ...

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 ...

The idea that we’re living inside a simulation, as popularized by “The Matrix” franchise, has piqued the interest of scientists for decades. In 2003, philosopher Nick Bostrom proposed in a highly ...

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With dams removed from the Klamath River, a group of Indigenous youth is on a journey to descend the full length, through Oregon and California. A year after four major dams were removed from the ...

The Preakness Stakes is one of the few major races that Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher has never won. To be fair, he has started just 10 horses in the race, and only two -- Super Saver in 2010 and ...

Firefox 138 is now publicly available worldwide, and this version brings full support for tab groups, profile management, a quick way to check the weather, and much more. These updates bring feature ...

A conservation group on Wednesday named the Mississippi River the “most endangered river of 2025,” citing threats to abolish the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which plays a key role in ...

Eight U.S. Marine Corps F-35s trained alongside four Air Force F-22 Raptors in the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division’s Joint Simulation Environment at Naval Air Station Patuxent River in ...