A question that has vexed physicists for the past century may finally have a solution – but perhaps not the one everyone was ...
In the words of Dr. Lawrence M. Krauss, space and time cannot contain the fundamental laws of physics because they generate ...
It's a plot device beloved by science fiction: our entire universe might be a simulation running on some advanced ...
Physicist Mir Faizal, Adjunct Professor with UBC Okanagan’s Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science, was not out to shatter the ...
How could a theory that included gravity be the same as a theory that had no place for gravity? How could they describe the same universe? But the duality has largely held up. In essence, it argues ...
Evidence of this quantum layer may be coming soon. Here’s what you’ll learn in this story: Physicists are still puzzling over ...
The Big Bang theory has dominated our understanding of the universe’s origin for almost 100 years. It describes a moment when ...
If we were living in a computer simulation, would we be able to tell we were living in a computer simulation? It's a question that's difficult to answer, but physicist Melvin Vopson of the University ...
Our universe would look so different, Kyle. You might not recognize it even if you could be here to see it. Unfortunately, there probably wouldn’t be a whole lot to see. I learned about this from ...
File this one under "fun to think about, probably not changing your day job": a new study just dropped that suggests gravity itself might be the smoking gun that our entire universe is one big ...
Are we living in “The Matrix” in real life? In the 1999 science-fiction film, Neo discovers that the universe is a simulation — but one scientist believes that the idea isn’t all fiction. Dr. Melvin ...
Such an exponential expansion may seem minor, but it is equivalent to a grape in the palm of your hand swelling to become ...