Ars Technica

The missile meant to strike fear in Russia’s enemies fails once again

A Russian intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) fired from an underground silo on the country’s southern steppe Friday on a scheduled test to deliver a dummy warhead to a remote impact zone nearly ...
IFLScience

The Quietest Place On Earth Has An Ambient Sound Level Of Minus 24.9 Decibels

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...
The Aviationist

First Look At France’s New Nuclear Missile: ASMPA-R Enters French Naval Service

The newest generation of France’s home grown ASMP nuclear cruise missile has been shown for the first time after an unarmed test launch inaugurated its entry into service with the French Navy. After ...
The Conversation

‘Simulation theory’ brings an AI twist out of ‘The Matrix’ to ideas mystics and religious scholars have voiced for centuries

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 ...
Science Daily

Physicists prove the Universe isn’t a simulation after all

New research from UBC Okanagan mathematically demonstrates that the universe cannot be simulated. Using Gödel’s incompleteness theorem, scientists found that reality requires “non-algorithmic ...
New York Post

US fires Minuteman III doomsday missile after Trump called for restarting nuclear weapons tests

The US fired a Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) early Wednesday, after President Trump called for restarting the nuclear weapons tests. Air Force Global Strike Command launched ...
Popular Science

Why we (probably) aren’t living in a computer simulation

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Despite how it may feel some days, we probably aren’t stuck in a ...
csis.org

Russia’s Nuclear-Powered Burevestnik Missile: Implications for Missile Defense

Vladimir Putin claimed that Russia recently completed the successful test of a new nuclear-powered and nuclear-armed missile, Burevestnik (which translates as “Storm Petrel”), calling it “a unique ...
Reuters

Exclusive: Russia uses missile in Ukraine that led Trump to quit nuclear treaty, Kyiv says

LONDON, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Russia has in recent months attacked Ukraine with a cruise missile whose secret development prompted Donald Trump to abandon a nuclear arms control pact with Moscow in his ...
Phys.org

Mathematical proof debunks the idea that the universe is a computer simulation

If such a simulation were possible, the simulated universe could itself give rise to life, which in turn might create its own simulation. This recursive possibility makes it seem highly unlikely that ...
Scientific American

Here’s How a Nuclear-Powered Cruise Missile Works

Mysteries surround Russian president Vladimir Putin’s announcement on Sunday that his nation had successfully test-flown a nuclear-powered cruise missile. But there is an answer to the chief question ...