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When you woke up this morning, the first thing you did was probably look at your clock. Time ultimately governs our lives – telling us when to sleep, eat, work and meet up with friends. But what if time was just an illusion? According to physics, it might be. Indeed, it’s the topic of the first episode of our new six-part podcast series, Great Mysteries of Physics.
As someone with a background in physics, I have long wrestled with the big questions that it asks – and, sometimes, struggles to answer. From the nature of time and why the universe seems fine-tuned for life to why physics can’t differentiate between living and inanimate matter, it can seem like some mysteries simply aren’t meant to be cracked.
Fortunately, there are plenty of physicists with bigger brains than mine. So I created this podcast to tap into their extraordinary expertise and passion – and begin to draw back the veil on the very building blocks of creation. Together, we take you on a mind-blowing journey from the smallest particle to the very boundaries of existence, exploring hidden dimensions, free will and parallel universes along the way.
You can access each episode on The Conversation or wherever you get your podcasts. And alongside each article we’ll also publish an article on a related subject – this week, we’re tackling whether the future could influence the past.
And if you’re still trying to get your head around some of the more bizarre concepts in quantum physics, read this piece from the archives on why Schrödinger’s cat can’t be both dead and alive.
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