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7mins
The Big Think Interview
The present is a story your brain assembles after the fact
Jim Al-Khalili explains how the past and future are more fluid than we may think.
Jim Al-Khalili
Abstract image showing a partial view of a clock face with distorted numbers and swirling, colorful lines on a black background.
3mins
Perception Box
What’s more real: time itself, or your perception of it?
The brain is an “illusion factory.” Here’s what that means for our perception of time.
Brian Greene, Dean Buonomano & David Eagleman
Unlikely Collaborators
Three circles of increasing size, each containing images of distant stars and galaxies, set against a solid blue background.
3mins
The Well
A bold new theory on why the universe keeps expanding
What drives the universe's expansion? Chemist Lee Cronin explains the theories linking time, space, and selection, providing a fresh perspective on this cosmic mystery.
Lee Cronin
5mins
Explain It Like I’m Smart
The physics of time, entropy, and death
Why does time move forward but not backward? Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder explains.
Sabine Hossenfelder
A surreal painting ponders is time travel possible, with melting clocks draped over a tree, ledge, and abstract form in a barren landscape against distant cliffs.
The Well
Time travel is possible. Can we go back?
Theoretical physicist Brian Greene explores the potential particles of time and why we could, in theory, travel forward in time but not back.
Brian Greene
John Templeton Foundation
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