Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to CuriousKidsUS@theconversation.com. Is the whole universe just a simulation?

Zeb Rocklin does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

1 Physics Laboratory 1, Department of Physics and Applied Sciences, Faculty of Science, National Pedagogical University, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. 2 English Department, Teachers Training ...

AI-piloted helicopter built to hunt submarines takes first flight The Royal Navy highlighted its Hybrid Air Wing and Atlantic Bastion strategy as Leonardo’s full-scale Proteus autonomous helicopter ...

Leonardo's Proteus RWUAS technology demonstrator has begun flight tests. (Leonardo) Leonardo Helicopters UK has successfully completed a first flight of the rotary-wing uncrewed air system (RWUAS) ...

Is the Arduino Uno Q the missing piece in your next project? With its hybrid design that fuses the precision of a microcontroller with the flexibility of a Linux-based single-board computer, this ...

The simulation hypothesis—the idea that our universe might be an artificial construct running on some advanced alien computer—has long captured the public imagination. Yet most arguments about it rest ...

Thomas Anderson – otherwise known as Neo – is walking up a flight of stairs when he sees a black cat shake itself and walk past a doorway. Then the moment seems to replay before his eyes. Just a touch ...

A mock up of the Proteus RWUAS at the Combined Naval Event 2025. It lacks the various antenna of the technology demonstrator, but it helps to give onlookers an impression of the scale of the unmanned ...

Leonardo Helicopters has edged a step closer to flying its AW09-based Proteus technology demonstrator for the UK Royal Navy (RN), with the unmanned aircraft having successfully undergone its first ...

Rizwan Virk owns shares in Google, and in various video game companies. He is also a venture partner in Griffin Gaming Partners, a venture capital fund dedicated to investing in video game-related ...