EVANSTON, Ill. — Prevailing theoretical models attempting to explain the formation of the solar system have assumed it to be average in every way. Now a new study by Northwestern University ...

The idea that reality might be a kind of cosmic software has moved from late night dorm debates into serious physics journals ...

Researchers have developed a highly efficient method to investigate systems with long-range interactions that were previously puzzling to experts. These systems can be gases or even solid materials ...

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