If you give a monkey a typewriter and enough time, it should eventually be able to bang out the complete works of William ...

Turns out that monkeys (or chimps) can't randomly type Shakespeare's works even if they were given billions of years to try.

Multiverse theory suggests that infinite universes with slight variations exist, each creating different outcomes. It implies our universe is just one of countless others, possibly with distinct laws.

Along with Schrödinger’s Cat, the Infinite Monkeys Theorem is one of the most famous thought experiments. A new study, with tongue firmly in cheek, has calculated that you might be waiting seven ...

The Infinite Monkey Theorem hypothesizes that, given a typewriter and an infinite amount of time, a monkey could in theory ...

The Infinite Monkey Theorem imagines random typing creating complex works. By adding real-world limits, scientists show it’s improbable.

The Infinite Monkey Theorem is legit, but the universe will die before any simian could reprise the Bard's poems and prose.

"Non-trivial text generation during the lifespan of our universe is almost certainly impossible," the researchers said.

Based on 200,000 living chimpanzees and a lifespan of 30 years, and assuming the chimp population somehow remains stable ...