Our universe plays by certain rules, which originate from different branches of physics. But sometimes the rules seem ...

Quantum mechanics and relativity are the two pillars of modern physics. However, for over a century, their treatment of space ...

Whether space-time exists should neither be controversial nor even conceptually challenging, given the definitions of “space-time,” “events” and “instants.” The idea that space-time exists is no more ...

One of the most awkward parts of writing a book is that, eventually, authors have to ask people for “blurbs” – the endorsements that you see on the cover of a book, encouraging you to buy it. I am now ...

Physicists have long treated space and time as the stage on which quantum particles perform, not as actors in the drama ...

Two blind spots torture physicists: the birth of the universe and the center of a black hole. The former may feel like a moment in time and the latter a point in space, but in both cases the normally ...