Simulations
The Thing Holding Back Internet Innovation Is the Internet Itself
But with new platforms for network experimentation, help is on the way.
Why the Hell Is a Farming Simulator at the Top of the UK Video Game Chart?
Obviously, "Farming Simulator 15" is the best game of the year. Why else would people be playing it?
This Simulation Found Most Glaciers Near Mount Everest Could Be Gone By 2100
One model showed glacier mass loss ranging between 70 and 99 per cent. Thanks, climate change.
Would-Be Martians Are Roaming the Utah Desert
Of all the space analog experiments covered in this series, the Mars Desert Research Station is by far the most unorthodox.
Faking Taste With Electrical Shocks to the Tongue Is Our Dystopian Food Future
Taste+ promises to make something like Soylent as appetizing as foie gras without changing its nutritional content in the slightest.
Six People Are Locked in a Dome on a Volcano, Pretending to Live on Mars
The HI-SEAS Mars simulation is keeping crew members in isolation.
Six Men Spent 520 Days Locked in a Room to See If We Could Live on Mars
"I missed the world in general. Seeing things move, seeing cars, dogs, the sun."
The Stars Down to Earth
The first installment of a five-part tour of life inside the most isolated space analog sites in the world.
Neuromorphic Circuits Don't Just Simulate the Brain, They Outrun It
Researchers unveil a proof-of-concept 100 neuron hardware nanobrain.
The Perfect Worlds Playlist: Songs About Simulations
Capping off our latest themed week with a sampler of existentialist warblings.