It turns out a monkey – given an infinite amount of time and a typewriter – wouldn't be able to write Shakespeare before the universe ends, according to a new study.

When given an infinite amount of time, a monkey randomly hitting keys on a typewriter can produce the works of Shakespeare entirely by chance, according to the Infinite Monkey Theorem.

It would take far longer than the lifespan of our universe for a typing monkey to randomly produce Shakespeare, a new study reveals. A monkey randomly pressing keys on a typewriter for an infinite ...