Want to see how Mario Galaxy created its unique gravity-based physics effects for the in-game planets? Developer Alessi analyzes and reproduces the same concepts with a playable game prototype and source code.
🔬Doing Vibe Physics — Alex Lupsasca, OpenAI
The full story of how GPT‑5.x derived new results in theoretical physics and quantum gravity.
Radial — Science needs a new operating system.
We design, fund, and operate high-impact programs that prototype a new model for how science is done, shared, and scaled for real-world utility.
The Curiously Playable Universe
More of the universe appears to be more playable than we expected
Everything
Be the Universe in this epic, award-winning reality simulation game - featuring thousands of playable characters, endless exploration, an extraordinary soundtrack and narration from Alan Watts.
Interview With 'The Witness' Creator Jonathan Blow
The video game creator on the nature of science, language and design
Making Worlds: Introduction
In this multi-part series I try to make a procedural planet generator that runs on the GPU.
Universe
We’re releasing Universe, a software platform for measuring and training an AI’s general intelligence across the world’s supply of games, websites and other applications.
Science e-Books - NASA Science
From the planets to black holes in distant galaxies, explore NASA science, imagery, and missions through our library of free, downloadable e-books.
Zhijing Jin on Twitter / X
🚀 Can #AI agents actually do science?Current agents can optimize for predictive fit — but fail at recovering the underlying physical laws.We introduce Stargazer🪐: a scalable benchmark + environment for astronomical discovery🔭Agents must:• propose hypotheses•… pic.twitter.com/hGIjz4KJMT— Zhijing Jin (@ZhijingJin) May 7, 2026
The era of precision cosmology with voids
Cosmic voids, the large underdense regions of our Universe, have emerged over the past decade as powerful cosmological laboratories: their simple dynamics, sensitivity to local gravitational...
The Science Playground – a list of interesting links
Links to science games, simulations, and collections. Have fun!If any links are broken, let me know.
Context Sensitivity
Planets and Bright Stars
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OSF Changes: A Note to Users
The Center for Open Science announced a significant change to the Open Science Framework (OSF). This post shares what led to the change, implications, and what's next.
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