It is no surprise that simulations can be used in skill-building settings. What may surprise you is that simulation technology in the classroom dates back to 1966! Thomas Furness, an engineer for the ...

The best theory physicists have for the birth of the universe makes no sense. It goes like this: In the beginning—the very, if not quite veriest, beginning—there’s something called quantum foam. It’s ...

As the School of Nursing celebrates two dozen years of simulation history, it also looks forward to what the future might ...

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Game enthusiasts and industry personnel pose for a photograph with "The Sims 4," one of the best simulation games, during the EA Play event at the Hollywood Palladium on June 08, 2019 in Los Angeles.

Creating a virtual brain may sound like a science-fiction nightmare, but for neuroscientists in Japan and at Seattle’s Allen Institute, it’s a big step toward a long-held dream. They say their ...

Ever since Oxford philosopher Nick Bostrom proposed his simulation argument in 2001, the nerdiverse has attempted to assess the possibility that reality is not really real, that what we experience as ...

Simulation is playing an increasingly critical and central role throughout the design-through-manufacturing flow, fusing together everything from design to manufacturing and test in order to reduce ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Paul M. Sutter is an astrophysicist at SUNY Stony Brook and the Flatiron Institute, host of "Ask ...

Ever since the philosopher Nick Bostrom proposed in the Philosophical Quarterly that the universe and everything in it might be a simulation, there has been intense public speculation and debate about ...