For decades, philosophers and physicists alike have speculated that our entire existence might be nothing more than an advanced simulation. But new research from the University of British Columbia ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: University of Louisville computer scientist Roman Yampolskiy explores this very question in a detailed post outlining how to possibly hack our way ...

This series of Playable Futures articles considers how the design, technology, people, and theory of video games are informing and influencing the wider world. For this series' final entry, we're ...

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Why does the same virus barely faze one person while sending another to the hospital? New research shows the answer lies in a molecular record etched into our immune cells by both our genes and our ...

A Dalai Lama once said that our prime purpose in this life is to help others – and he may have been right. Scientists have found that having a positive impact on other people seems to be a key element ...