Daily Archives: Mar 14, 2026

What if everything you can be certain of is an illusion pixels on the cosmic screen? The notion that reality may be a sophisticated simulation, a staple of science fiction, is now seriously considered by physicists and philosophers. The theory of simulation, made popular in films such as 'The...

A put-down remark from economist Dean Baker puts this into context: "This was 'unambiguously bad news." Just weeks following the U.S. government's announcement of a strong 3% annualized GDP growth, a series of revised job numbers and further analysis has shown an economy much weaker than underneath statistics. For...

One square meter of mud almost 10,000 meters under the Pacific Ocean now holds a tale that might rewrite biology textbooks and perhaps even the hunt for extraterrestrial life. In a recent expedition, scientists found thriving colonies of tube worms and molluscs in the black, crushing depths of the...