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Violating causality 
Leslie Lamport explains how an understanding of special relativity helped him realise how to order events in computer science, and enabled the development of distributed computing.
What happens inside your computer? 
My view of the events taking place on my computer is very different to how a computer scientist, a engineer or a physicist would view what is happening inside the box. Leslie Lamport explains how the definition of an event distinguishes between these areas of research.
Distributed systems and ambiguous histories 
Our digital lives rely on distributed computer systems, such as the network of banks that allow us to deposit cash in one place and withdraw it in another. But understanding the order of events in such systems is not always straightforward.
The shape of things to come: part i 
This year's Nobel Prize for Physics brings together the physics of materials with one of our favourite areas of maths – topology.
What is a block universe? 
Has the future already already been written? Is time just an illusion? Take a step outside of spacetime with cosmologist Marina Cortês to discover the block universe.
Time in a block universe 
Fundamental physics says time is symmetric - so why does time move forwards for us in a block universe?
Why not block time? 
Is time real? Are we just puppets living out a future already written? Marina Cortês explains why she thinks time is fundamental and that we don't live in a block universe.
The future is time 
Marina Cortês is one of a growing number of physicists who believe time is fundamental. We ask her about the alternatives theories to the block universe, where time comes first.
Maths in a minute: Bayes' theorem 
It would be foolish to ignore evidence. Luckily Bayes' theorem shows us how to take it in into account.
It from bit? 
Does reality arise from information? What does this even mean? Anton Zeilinger explains the impact of John Wheeler's radical idea.
Ada Lovelace - visions of today 
We celebrate the 200th birthday of Ada Lovelace, who anticipated modern computers long before they were built, with a look at her life and work.