Why do we exist? The meaning of life isn’t to be found in the stars
17 November 2021
We are tiny specks of life in a vast, indifferent cosmos – but to say that decreases the value of our existence is to measure ourselves against the wrong thing
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The black hole paradox that thwarts our understanding of reality
22 September 2021
Black holes devour stuff and then shrivel away over billions of years. Explaining what happens to anything that falls in explodes our current theories of physics, says cosmologist Paul Davies
Beyond quantum physics: The search for a more fundamental theory
25 August 2021
Quantum theory can’t be the final answer and some theorists are exploring new ways to formulate physical laws – and yet there is no guarantee that any theory can completely describe the universe
Quantum weirdness isn’t weird – if we accept objects don’t exist
10 March 2021
We can grasp the truth about the quantum world, says physicist Carlo Rovelli – as long as we abandon our most cherished assumption about what’s real and what’s not
Your decision-making ability is a superpower physics can't explain
12 February 2020
In a universe that unthinkingly follows the rules, human agency is an anomaly. Can physics ever make sense of our power to change the physical world at will?
What is reality? Why we still don't understand the world's true nature
29 January 2020
It’s the ultimate scientific quest – to understand everything that there is. But the closer we get, the further away it seems. Can we ever get to grips with the true nature of reality?
The time paradox: How your brain creates the fourth dimension
3 July 2019
We all feel the passing of time, but nothing in physics suggests it is a fundamental property of the universe. So where does our sense of time’s flow come from?
What would happen if you got sucked into a black hole?
16 April 2019
From wormhole passages to white hole escape routes, no one knows for certain what lurks beyond a black hole’s event horizon – so choose your own unsettling fate
If you think black holes are strange, white holes will blow your mind
12 December 2018
White holes are black ones in reverse, spewing out matter– and they could give us our first glimpse of the quantum source of space-time, says physicist Carlo Rovelli
There's a glitch at the edge of the universe that could remake physics
6 October 2018
One mysterious number determines how physics, chemistry and biology work. But controversial experimental hints suggest it's not one number at all
