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

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 – and devised an experiment that might reveal the truth

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Physics

A photon caught in two places at once could destroy the multiverse

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How a quantum innovation may quash the idea of the multiverse

Physics

How a quantum innovation may quash the idea of the multiverse

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Physics

These are the most mind-melting physics discoveries of 2024

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Physics

We are closer than ever to finally proving the multiverse exists

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The top 10 movies about the multiverse according to a physicist

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The top 10 movies about the multiverse according to a physicist

Culture

Lauren Beukes

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Bridge author, Lauren Beukes: There are a lot of multiverses out there

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Lauren Beukes on why she tackled the multiverse in sci-fi novel Bridge

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Lauren Beukes on why she tackled the multiverse in sci-fi novel Bridge

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Read an extract from Bridge by Lauren Beukes

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Read an extract from Bridge by Lauren Beukes

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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captures the chaotic activity atop a three-light-year-tall pillar of gas and dust that is being eaten away by the brilliant light from nearby bright stars in a tempestuous stellar nursery called the Carina Nebula.

Space

Two smart books probe multiverses, dark matter – and sexual politics

Is our universe one of a myriad? How hard is it to be a woman in science? Beyond the Big Bang and The Elephant in the Universe explore these questions and more

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Life

Why is the universe just right for life? Blame the multiverse

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Humans

If the multiverse exists, are there infinite copies of me?

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Science with Sam: Is our reality just one part of a multiverse?

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Physics

Science with Sam: Is our reality just one part of a multiverse?

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