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Simulation Hypothesis Part 10: [Introductory Edition] An Easy-to-Understand Guide to the Idea That "The Universe Is a Computer"

IntroductionIn this series, we have been testing the hypothesis that "the universe might be a simulation running on a giant ...

Before Computer Science Became a Boys’ Club, Margaret Hamilton Wrote the Code

The woman who helped put astronauts on the moon was a software engineer when the field was not prestigious or lucrative.

Two-Thirds of the World’s First Computer Is Still Missing Beneath the Sea

For two millennia, the mechanism lay untouched in its watery tomb more than 100 feet below the waves as time slowly trickled ...

AI behaves more like a brain than a database – cognitive science’s role in its origin story helps explain why

Modern AI owes its existence to both cognitive and computer science. What you envision as its origin story can influence how you understand what large language models can do.

Computer scientist tracks satellites with automated observatory built from off-the-shelf technology

Allen Schnibben's interest in space started when he was a child. "I picked up some books about the solar system when I was in ...

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Ancient pottery has a magnetic signature that modern fakes can’t copy

A new magnetic test can distinguish ancient pottery from modern fakes by detecting a hidden signal that builds up in clay over centuries.

In 1985, Bill Freeman's three-sided zipper was rejected and left in his garage; 40 years later, MIT revived it as a shape-shifting fastener

In 1985, electrical engineer Bill Freeman imagined a zipper that could do more than join two pieces of material. His ...

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AI can identify objects in photos, but they have a surprising weakness

On a clear photo, today’s AI vision models can name a bear or a mushroom about as reliably as a person can. Rebuild an object ...

In 1971, engineer Godfrey Hounsfield’s new scanner revealed a brain cyst in the first clinical CT scan; 8 years later, he shared the Nobel Prize for developing computer ...

What if the contents of a sealed box could be revealed without ever opening it? For British engineer Godfrey Hounsfield, the ...

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