Philosophers argue that many things we perceive, like colors or even space-time, may not truly exist without observers. This ...

A new study has suggested that the idea of our universe being a simulation does not hold up at all, and it’s not because of a ...

Researchers say they've proven that the fundamental nature of reality simply cannot be simulated on any computer.

What if the bridge between our worlds isn’t language at all, but physics? In a recent episode of SETI Live, theoretical physicist Dr. Daniel Whiteson, co-author of Do Aliens Speak Physics?: And Other ...

Daniel Whiteson and Andy Warner’s upcoming book is a philosophical exploration of the humanity behind our desire to find aliens.

Ars Technica: The Voyager Golden Record is perhaps the best known example of humans attempting to communicate with an alien species, spearheaded by the late Carl Sagan, among others. But what are the ...

The natural complexity of the universe should phase out the possibility of some advanced civilization controlling reality ...

A recent interview with the well-known physicist Sean Carroll on “the physics of consciousness” gives us a great example of a reductive physicalist view of consciousness and the world around us. In it ...

What is the fundamental ground of reality? What will ultimately ground our "theory of everything"? Philosophers and scientists tend to give three very different answers to these questions. Three ...