The simulation hypothesis: Mathematical framework redefines what it means for one universe to simulate another

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 ...

New framework helps climate modelers integrate Indigenous community input into simulations

Advanced computer models can quantify the impacts of climate change and other environmental challenges, providing deep ...
Boston Herald

MIT nuclear science professor shot, killed in Brookline home

A 47-year-old MIT professor has died after being shot in his Brookline home Monday night, according to law enforcement officials. Officers from the Massachusetts State Police and Brookline Police ...
PC World

Framework raises laptop RAM prices 50% as brutal memory crunch grinds on

Framework is a unique company, offering modular laptops designed for easy repairs and near-infinite upgrades. But it’s also a small company, much more susceptible to market changes brought on by ...
New York Post

MIT nuclear science professor Nuno Loureiro found shot dead in home in swanky Mass. neighborhood

A prominent nuclear science professor at MIT was shot and killed inside his home in a swanky Massachusetts neighborhood Monday night, with police mum on details of the tragic slaying. Nuno Loureiro, ...

AlphaFold Changed Science. After 5 Years, It’s Still Evolving

WIRED spoke with DeepMind’s Pushmeet Kohli about the recent past—and promising future—of the Nobel Prize-winning research ...
Science Daily

MIT discovers amino acid that helps the gut heal itself

MIT scientists have found that an amino acid called cysteine can help the gut heal itself. In mouse studies, a cysteine-rich diet activated immune cells that release a molecule speeding up tissue ...
CNN

An MIT professor was fatally shot at his home and police launched a homicide investigation

A professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was fatally shot at his home near Boston, and authorities said Tuesday they had launched a homicide investigation. Nuno F.G. Loureiro, a ...
BBC

Police intensify search for MIT professor's killer

Authorities have intensified their search for clues after a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was fatally shot at his home near Boston. Nuno F Gomes Loureiro, 47, a nuclear ...
MIT Technology Review

AI materials discovery now needs to move into the real world

Startups flush with cash are building AI-assisted laboratories to find materials far faster and more cheaply, but are still waiting for their ChatGPT moment. The microwave-size instrument at Lila ...
CU Boulder News & Events

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Applicants for fall 2026 admission to the master’s and PhD programs in computer science must complete the following steps no later than 10 p.m. MST on Dec. 15, 2025. All documents, including Letters ...