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Physicists have spent decades arguing over whether our universe is a fundamental reality or a kind of cosmic software, and the debate has just taken a sharp turn. A group of researchers now say they ...

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Grab your pencils and paper! Escape Simulator 2 is the sequel to the popular escape room game that allows players to solve challenging puzzles alone or with friends to explore various locations and ...

Using a specially developed simulation model, researchers at the University of Cologne have traced and analyzed the dynamics of possible encounters between Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans ...

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For the past 25 years, any list of games like The Sims has been mostly wishful thinking. There hasn't been anything truly like The Sims series—until now. Last year we finally got some true Sims ...