A research team has recreated the evolution of the eye in a physics simulation. The results show why nature chose such ...

Physicists have spent decades arguing over whether our universe is a fundamental reality or a kind of cosmic software, and ...

Gravity used to be the most down-to-earth of ideas, the thing that kept apples falling and planets in line. Now a growing ...

Digital evolution experiments show repeated environmental changes can push populations toward different long term outcomes.

WIRED spoke with DeepMind’s Pushmeet Kohli about the recent past—and promising future—of the Nobel Prize-winning research ...

FLAMINGO simulation maps the universe but reveals a puzzling mismatch: galaxies cluster less than theory predicts.

Self-proclaimed atheist Elon Musk discussed religion on a recent podcast, where the billionaire was asked if he believes in ...

Testbeds accelerate the development and deployment of next-generation digital twin technologies across industries including manufacturing, medicine, aerospace and defence.

Research reveals why AI systems can't become conscious—and what radically different computing substrates would be needed to ...

Virtual reassembly of teeth and fossil bone fragments reveals a beautifully preserved face of a 1.5-million-year-old human ...

The simulation hypothesis—the idea that our universe might be an artificial construct running on some advanced alien computer ...

Tech mogul Elon Musk believes humanity likely lives in a simulation, citing the rapid evolution of video games from simple graphics to photorealistic experiences. He argues that if this trend ...