How to think about... Time
27 June 2018
Physics says that our perception of smoothly flowing time is a cosmic accident. So why do we think the future always comes after the past?
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Enjoy a season of science with our 2018 UK festival picks
6 June 2018
Stumble into surprises all over the UK, from the physics of gin at WOMAD and mind-reading at Green Man to time deconstructed at 91av Live
Enjoy a season of science with our 2018 UK festival picks
1 June 2018
Stumble into surprises all over the UK, from the physics of gin at WOMAD, to mind-reading at Green Man, to time deconstructed at 91av Live
7 mathematicians you should have heard of – but probably haven't
25 April 2018
Awarded every four years, the Fields medals honour the brightest young mathematical talent. We look back at some of the most intriguing past winners
Carlo Rovelli: physics' literary superstar makes us rethink time
18 April 2018
The Order of Time, an elegant demolition job of our ideas about the subject, looks set to become the latest bestseller from the cultured mind of Carlo Rovelli
Quantum time: Is this where the flow of existence comes from?
18 April 2018
Why we perceive the passage of time is one of the biggest mysteries of physics. Now we could have found its source – in our most potent theory of reality
The big fudge: Welcome to the theory of not-quite-everything
11 April 2018
Physicists from Einstein to Hawking tried and failed to unite gravity and quantum theory. Now we have hints of a better – but not so beautiful – answer
First speakers announced for 91av Live 2018
22 February 2018
Join us for thought-provoking talks, groundbreaking discoveries and interactive experiences at 91av Live in London this September
The string-loop theory that might finally untangle the universe
8 March 2017
Could two rival theories of the make-up of the cosmos really be the same thing? Pulling at the threads could reveal a deeper reality
Physics may be a small but crucial fraction of our reality
30 November 2016
Just how much of physics is real, and how much of reality is physics? That’s a theme uniting four major new books in the field
