Why does time only ever move in one direction? We talk to philosophers of physics Jeremy Butterfield and David Wallace, as well as the eminent Roger Penrose about the puzzle time poses to physicists and what it has to do with the Big Bang and the second law of thermodynamics.
Acknowledging that life is going to go on for a little while yet throws a different light on how we make decisions in a crisis.
The 19th century experienced a geometrical revolution. Find out how the new geometries that were discovered shaped philosophy, science, culture and art.
This article explores how Euclid's ancient geometry interacts with all aspects of human thought and life.
In this podcast we talk to Max Tegmark about his hypothesis that the Universe we live in is a mathematical structure.