A new research paper reframes the simulation hypothesis, asking whether reality could be simulated and what science can test.

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The third possibility is the most intriguing: Both data sets are broadly correct. G.D.P. really is booming — but it is being ...

Named after economist Arthur Laffer, the Laffer curve is a concept you've likely heard in the news as it concerns taxes, tax ...

Abstract: It is time-consuming to obtain performance metrics for feasible topologies during the design of power electronic converters. This article proposes a graph-theory-based algorithm that ...

Think of all the pretty things you’ve squirreled away for a special occasion: the nice plates you only bring out on holidays, the fancy dress in the back of your closet, the pricy perfume you refuse ...

The Dark Forest theory is one proposed solution to the famed Fermi Paradox, which has bewitched astronomers for more than half a century. To put it concisely, the paradox asks if the cosmos is nearly ...