Time feels like the most basic feature of reality. Seconds tick, days pass and everything from planetary motion to human memory seems to unfold along a single, irreversible direction. We are born and ...

We experience the flow of time because it’s a natural outcome of the basic laws of physics. But we may need to build a whole ...

Crystals are nature's most orderly substances. Inside them, atoms and molecules are arranged in regular, repeating structures, giving rise to solids that are stable and rigid—and often beautiful to ...

Samuel Baron receives funding from the Australian Research Council (Discovery Early Career Researcher Award: DE180100414). Stephen Wolfram is a cult figure in programming and mathematics. He is the ...