What if our universe is one of an infinite lineage of universes? Each coming into existence from the remnants of the last? It seems like an impossible theory. Yet, these universes may have existed. We might even see their swan songs in the destructive forces of black holes. If those…

Whilst reading Yuval Noah Harari’s book Sapiens, it occurred to me the extent to which humans have just created rules for ourselves. An imagined order as Harari describes it in his book. …

In a previous blog post, I set out the prevailing case for the non-existence of free will. Simply put, neither the deterministic world of classical mechanics nor the random, probabilistic world of quantum mechanics admits the ability to freely choose. Scientists are familiar with the universe undermining deeply held beliefs…

In the months proceeding the leaked reports of a working, macroscopic, temporal dilation generator, ethics groups and public pressure had reduced testing to jumps for extremely brief intervals of time, in very controlled settings. Most who were authorised to jump were constrained to do so within the confines of giant…

As you look deeper into space, you see the universe as it was when it was much younger than it is now. Light from distant galaxies takes time to reach the Earth, so as you look further into the sky, you’re looking at light that has taken longer to reach…