Simulations

From now until eternity, anytime anyone makes a movie about humans potentially living in a simulation, comparisons…

Does it really take years of practice and dedication on the basketball court to compete with the talents of NBA…

Scientists at the European Space Agency are using a powerful new simulator to relive the Apollo 15 mission in…

If the seeds of a pandemic illness were planted tomorrow, how would the world fare? Well, according to a simulation…

Choppy video taken by a camera next to Buzz Aldrin’s window is the only visual record we have of the first Moon…

Using robotic and animal models, researchers have shown that some dinosaurs were already flapping their rudimentary…

Using computer simulations and a robot, researchers have recreated the likely gait of a 300-million-year-old animal…

What happens when a dead star meets a black hole? The answer appears to be a brief zombie awakening, according to a…

Cameos from aging, check-cashing celebrities who helped make the original Star Wars trilogy great have made it…

As the value of precious metals fluctuates over time, the U.S. Mint has to constantly find new ways to keep currency…

When you’re flying around in space, where there’s no air or wind resistance, aerodynamics aren’t important. That’s…

We’re probably not living in a computer simulation, despite some people’s insistence to the contrary. But that…

The essence of virtual reality’s appeal is immersing yourself in a role you normally wouldn’t or couldn’t in real…

Unless we find a way to travel infinitely faster than the speed of light, there’s no way you’ll ever see the…

The microscopic processes involved in human fertilization are a difficult thing to convey visually, but a group of…

Jedi were supposed to be the peaceful protectors of the galaxy, only resorting to fighting when needed, or whenever…

Thanks to all those Star Wars movies we know the Jedi can barely survive an attack from just a pair of evil Sith…

Four years ago, an asteroid the size of a city bus screamed across the skies of Chelyabinsk, Russia, shattering…

When The Lost World (the first sequel to Jurassic Park) came out, audiences weren’t really interested in another…

Imagine a world in which the only possible way to die was through a sudden accident, such as a car crash, falling…