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Physics

Are we living in a simulation? This experiment could tell us

The idea that we might be living in a simulated reality has worried us for centuries. Now physicists have found some tantalising clues 鈥� and devised an experiment that might reveal the truth

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Technology

How preppers plan to save us if the whole internet collapses

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A study partipant wearing the glasses and testing her reading after being fit with the retinal implant

Health

Eye implant and high-tech glasses restore vision lost to age

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Physics

Can we use quantum computers to test a radical consciousness theory?

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Name Wilbur, John "Bud" Benson Occupation Department of Civil Engineering: Assistant 1926-1928; Instructor 1930-1934; Faculty 1934-1968; Acting Department Head 1944-1946; Department Head 1946-; Inventor of the Wilbur simultaneous equation calculating machine 1934; Designed the Lake Champlain Bridge and the bridges over the Cape Cod Canal at Bourne and Sagamore, as well as the Central Artery in Boston; co-author with Frank D. Gage, 1922 of the song "Sons of MIT."

Technology

The forgotten civil engineer with a vision we could all learn from

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Society

Our trust in society is eroding. We need to fight back

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Technology

AI simulations of 1000 people accurately replicate their behaviour

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Technology

Useful quantum computers are edging closer with recent milestones

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An image of a man brushing his teeth with two toothbrushes, one of which looks strange, that has been generated by an AI program

Technology

How to avoid being fooled by AI-generated misinformation

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Futuristic sci-fi flying cars fly over the night wet highway, through the night city. The concept of the future. 3D Rendering; Shutterstock ID 1555294988; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

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Why many inventions, from flying cars to smart robots, fail to launch

Some technologies never quite make it. But a new book, The Long History of the Future, shows how certain problems are just bigger and thornier than we thought

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Earth

What would Earth look like in 25 years? I asked the experts

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Technology

How Schr枚dinger’s cat could make quantum computers work better

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Physics

Nuclear fusion experiment overcomes two key operating hurdles

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Technology

Chatbots can persuade conspiracy theorists their view might be wrong

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