A particle-based calculation uses information theory to estimate cosmic bits, without proving information is a new state of ...

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Physicist Michael Vopson proposes that the universe operates on an efficient algorithm, suggesting it behaves like a data optimization program. This theory challenges current understanding by ...

Elementary school science teaches us that there are four types of matter: solid, liquid, gas, and plasma. But a new theoretical study says that the fifth form of matter has been lurking right under ...

What if gravity—the force that keeps us stuck to the planet—is actually just the universe trying to save processing power? According to physicist Melvin Vopson, this isn’t just the random musing of a ...

The concept that we are all computer-generated characters occupying a world as real as the ones gamers explore on their PlayStation consoles isn't exactly a new one. As far back as 1999, Morpheus was ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Many philosophers and scientists have pondered if we live in a simulated universe, and University of Portsmouth scientist Melvin ...