Thomas Mulligan investigates the possibility that we are living in a computer simulation and the odds involved.

Imagine you're a copper miner in southeastern Europe in the year 3900 B.C.E. Day after day you haul copper ore through the mine's sweltering tunnels.

Simulating the wheel’s evolution To begin our investigation, we created a computer program designed to simulate the ... According to our theory, there was no precise moment at which the wheel was ...

In the West, the Middle East and North Africa are known for being a center of religion, often in the headlines for a troubled ...

Dick Tracy got an atom-powered two-way wrist radio in 1946. Marty Cooper never forgot it. The Chicago boy became a star ...

Despite the wheel’s immeasurable impact, no one is certain as to who invented it, or when and where it was first conceived. The hypothetical scenario described above is based on a 2015 theory ...

Despite the wheel’s immeasurable impact, no one is certain as to who invented it, or when and where it was first conceived. The hypothetical scenario described above is based on a 2015 theory that ...

One of the most consequential developments in the history of computing happened 50 years ago. It set Apple on course to ...

The ARPANET was a project started by the Defense Department’s Advanced Research Project Agency in 1969 to network different mainframe computers together across the country. Later, it evolved into the ...

Despite the wheel’s immeasurable impact, no one is certain as to who invented it, or when and where it was first conceived. The hypothetical scenario described above is based on a 2015 theory that ...

A fully-functioning engineering prototype of the Voodoo 5 6000 was sold at an auction for a whopping $15,000. It's truly an ...

The history of the wheel is one of many quiet revolutions, says Dr Kai A James from Georgia Institute of Technology.