Video: This intriguing theory from a master of conceptual science might end up being crucial to new AI advances. Get ready for a lot of math…! We have sort of an intuitive understanding of a big need ...

A long-disputed rule in biology says bigger is better, but a new computer model illuminates why that’s not necessarily true. By Lauren Leffer Published Jan 18, 2024 11:45 AM EST Add Popular Science ...

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Assembly Theory is a way to understand how the complexity of life emerged through a mechanism of “self-assembly.” It could explain how life formed on Earth—or other planets—via the shortest path to ...

For decades, scientists have relied on a popular idea referred to as cosmic inflation to explain how the universe began and why it looks the way it does today. This theory suggests the universe ...

At its core, it asks what the world is like, independent of our perceptions-and how we can know anything about it. Scientific realism: reality exists independently of us. Scientific realism argues ...