Spacetime and the Structure of Reality

Carlo Rovelli on Loop Quantum Gravity

Philosophy vs Science

On reason and the search for truth

The Limits of Logic

Should we embrace the irrational?

Is Time Travel Just a Fantasy?

Exploring the outer limits of physics

Gravity minus dark matter

Erik Verlinde offers a new theory of gravitation

Missing Evidence

Does physics still need experiment?

The Reality Illusion

Has perception evolved to trick us?

What We Cannot Know

What about the universe is left to discover?

Is Nothing an Illusion?

Explaining everything and Nothing

Gravity

Why is gravity so elusive?

The End of the Theory of Everything

Can we fully describe reality?

On Language and Logic

Why language dominates philosophy

Time, Space and Being

Are space and time real?

Thinking Dangerously, Living Differently

Can philosophy change how we think?

Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing

Can science solve metaphysics' riddle?

The Word and the World

What are the limits of language?

The New Enlightenment

Can we reclaim objectivity after relativism?

The Edge of Reality

Where mathematical metaphors meet reality

The Future of the Post-Truth World

Is the era of objective truth over?

Stories to Change the World

On rhetoric, meaning and language

The Laws of the Universe

Are the laws of nature just human constructs?

Hawking vs. Philosophy

Has science killed philosophy?

Post-Truth and Postmodernism

Is truth just a construct?

Making Sense of Reality

Do we see what they tell us to see?

Beyond Experience

What is the nature of reality?

Back from the End of Time

Is the passage of time an illusion?

Cosmic Dreams

Forty years on, what questions has String Theory left unanswered?

After the End of Truth

Is there such a thing as objective truth?

Thinking Across the World

Julian Baggini | Non-western philosophy traditions

The Strangeness of Things

Are things a necessary foundation of reality?

Lies and Beauty

Is lying somehow essential to our lives?

The Limits of My World

Was philosophy's linguistic turn a mistake?

In the Beginning Was the Word

Is the world dependent on language?

Why The World Exists

In Search of Parallel Universes

Big Bang Creation Myths

Is the Big Bang theory mistaken?

How To Spot Pseudoscience

Separating Fact From Fiction | Massimo Pigliucci

Language and the World

How does language describe the world?

The End of All Things

What is reality made of?

Is Reality an Illusion?

Quantum physics, objective and subjective reality

Down the Rabbit Hole

Confronting the limits of perception.

The Dark Universe

Are theories of dark matter and dark energy true?

Why Does Time Fly?

Bernard Carr | Time and consciousness

Quantum Whispers

Is teleportation close to becoming a reality?

Decoding the Universe

Chiara Marletto | Reality as a string of code

How do you solve a problem like uncertainty?

A new paradigm of risk

Cause and the Universe

The many-worlds of quantum physics

Limits of Thought: John McWhorter and Stanley Fish

Can we think outside of language?

Beyond Quantum

Is quantum physics wrong? | Gerard 't Hooft

The Good, the Bad and the Unknown

Is morality independent of outcome?

The Poetry of the Universe

Sean Carroll | We are made of stories, not atoms

Playing Dice With The Universe

Is the universe really unknowable even to itself?

When Time Stands Still

Is the flow of time an illusion?

How to Find a Multiverse

The Latest Evidence of Parallel Worlds

Time's Arrow

Can physics explain the nature of time?

Truth and Beauty

Do beautiful theories really explain the world?

After the End of Evidence

Massimo Pigliucci on empiricism's end-date

Dreaming the Future

Utopia and the Limits of Thought

Bang Goes the Big Bang

Is it possible that the Big Bang is a mistake?

Limits of Language

Can we find the right words for everything?

The Next Universe

Roger Penrose's New Story of Existence

The Known, The Strange and the New

Why does the world remain puzzling and strange?

Beyond the Machine

Metaphors of the body

The Limits of Science

Truth and the boundaries of knowledge

Decolonising Philosophy

Do we need to wake up to western prejudice?

After the Higgs Boson

What's next for 21st century physics?

The Universe Code

Is information fundamental?

Heraclitus' Dream

Are particles or processes fundamental?

After Post-Truth

How do we navigate a world where truth is tribal?

I Am Not A Brain

Markus Gabriel | 'The mind' is a vague concept

Truth and the Universe

What are the limits of science?

Into the Unknown

What is the future of space exploration?

Unnatural Laws

Are eternal laws an illusion?

Wittgenstein's Collection of Nonsense

After Relativism

The ways forward from post-modernity

The Stuff of the Universe

Is materialism wrong?

Bang Goes Another Theory of the Universe

Are black holes a fantasy?

The Theory of Everything

Are we close to a final theory of the universe?

The Secrets of the World

Can we have a complete description of reality?

It's an Immaterial World

Do particles exist?

Pythagoras' Dream

Is reality mathematical?

Beyond the Standard Model

Tevong You | The first new particle after Higgs

Explaining the Inexplicable

Is explanation an illusion?

Something and Nothing

Is there something rather than nothing?

The Reality of Feeling

Reason and Emotion

Life, the Universe and Everything

Is reality beyond reach?

In a Parallel Universe

Are there many worlds?

A Goldilocks World

Is the universe finely tuned for life?

The Prejudice of Facts

Are there no facts, only interpretations?

Uncovering the Unknown

Does science uncover the truth?

Thinking Differently

Language, gender and sexuality

Beyond Knowledge

Is truth an illusion?

The Mathematics of Thought

How has mathematics changed philosophy?

Ultimate Proof

Is evidence an illusion?

This is Our Church

Science as religion

The Laughing Philosopher

Does comedy hold the key to truth and morality?

Language, Metaphor, and Reality

Methaphors to change the world

The Science Delusion

Rupert Sheldrake on the blind spots of science

Truth, Error & Adventure

Science, Sex and Subjectivity

Is there a feminist way of doing science?

Unexplained Events

Does everything have a cause and effect?

It's an Immaterial World

Do particles exist?

Wonders of the Big Bang

Reconstructing the first moments of the universe

Uncovering Reality

Physics, truth and metaphor

Masters of the World

Is the universe mathematical?

Plato Not Prozac

Philosophy's therapeutic power

Fantasy and Reality

Should we 'get real' or embrace fantasy?

The Sex Lives of Philosophers

And what they tell us about their ideas

Stephen Hawking and the Progress of Physics

Understanding the origin of the universe

Conjuring the Universe

The origins of the laws of nature | Peter Atkins

The Elegant Truth

Angela Breitenbach investigates elegance

Quantum Effects in Gravity

Chiara Marletto | A new theory in physics

Demons Among Us

Are germs as imaginary as demons?

Dreams of the Universe

Is particle physics unscientific?

Poetic Theories

Can scientists learn from poets?

To The Edge of Space

What you didn’t know about the cosmos

Revolutions of Knowledge

The future of physics

The Eureka Moment

Are mavericks the real innovators in science?

Fantasies and Lies

Are myths dangerous?

Are There Really Many Worlds?

The Origin of Knowledge

The End of Ideas

Has celebrity obliterated the intellectual?

The Next Universe | Roger Penrose

What if the Big Bang wasn't the beginning?

Life in the Universe

David Wilkinson | Why we search for life in space

Science, Magic and the Inexplicable

After the Last Magician

Blinded by the Light

Metaphors of truth and reality

The Ultimate Map of Reality

Could a metaphysical revival be on the agenda?

Thinking the Unthinkable

The limits of thought

The Hunt for Dark Energy

Seeking our hidden universe

After Postmodernity

Everything We Know Is Wrong

Can science alone uncover the truth?

Beyond Reality

What are the limits of our understanding?

Science… Fiction?

The future of science

Facts and Fantasy

Are facts a fiction?

The Arc of Life: Roger Penrose

A biography of quantum gravity's founding father

The Elegant Universe

Is truth always simple?

Leonardo's Vision

What can art teach science?

Everywhere and Nowhere

Are binary oppositions real?

The Origin of Everything

Much ado about nothing

The If Machine

Out of Darkness

Are black holes a myth?

In Search of a New Reality

Meaning in the digital world | Laurence Scott

The Dance of Time

Is the present an illusion?

Knowledge and Power

Why science is not enough

The Strangeness of Force

Do forces really exist?

Universes and Fairy Tales

Is ours the only universe?

The Forecast from CERN

How does the Collider change the way we see the world?

Beyond Truth and Falsehood

What is real?

The Persecution of Heretics

How inconvenient science gets shut down

Stranger Than We Think

Do supernatural beliefs reflect the limits of human understanding?

Mysteries of the Multiverse

Catherine Heymans | Observing other universes now

The Infinite Puzzle

Does infinity exist?

Alchemy, Anarchy, and Science

Is science the defining triumph of modernity?

Dangerously Big Ideas

Do we need grand theories?

This Debate Has No Title

Solving the self-referential paradox

Everything Explained

How science holds all answers

Lost in Space

How far can we go with space travel?

The Tyranny of Evidence

Why the absence of proof is not enough

The End of Theory

The rise of big data

God's Map

Charting the universe

The Call of Silence

The route to understanding

Theories, Mysteries and Mistakes

Contradictions in reality

The Comedy of Errors

Scientific errors and new adventures

I Think Therefore Iamb

Poetry gives pleasure, distraction and emotional outlet but can it uncover a greater truth?

Life and the Universe

Are we alone in the cosmos?

Lucidity, Science, and Acausality Illusions

The mysteries of music, free will, and time.

Beyond Words

Is meaning a human fantasy?

Science Under Siege

Is contemporary cosmology just fantasy?

Being Certain

Are convictions dangerous?

Size and the Mystery of Time

How big is an expanding universe?

Error, Lies, and Adventure

Should we embrace our mistakes?

Saving Science

The Storm and the Butterfly

Can we refine our scientific models?

Quack Policy

The science distorting public policy

The Ultimate Particle

Before the Beginning, After the End

On the Dogmatism Paradox

Is it always wrong to refuse evidence?

Error, Lies and Adventure Part 2

Maps of Mystery

Can art help us catch sight of the ineffable? Or, do we mystify existence at our peril?

Heresy, Truth and the Future

Challenging the status quo

Gods and Monsters

Why we all need Big Ideas

Search for the Higgs Boson

Can the 'God Particle' unlock the secrets of the universe?

Once Upon a Time the End

The True and the Trivial

Can comedy convey profound ideas?

The Illusion of Now

Is time static or fluid?

The Universe That Wasn't There

In Search of Dark Matter and Dark Energy

Cumrun Vafa | In-depth Interview

On string theory, quantum mechanics, and beyond

The Adventure of Space

Why Apollo 11 was a global human achievement

Lies, Damned Lies, and Post Truth

Is there still space for alternative perspectives?

Roger Penrose | In-depth Interview

On Gravity and Quantum Mechanics

Saul Kripke on Wittgenstein

On interpretting Wittgenstein

Donald Hoffman | In-depth Interview

On Reality and Perception

Tim Maudlin | In-depth Interview

On Quantum Theory and where it might take us

Catherine Heymans | In-depth Interview

On dark energy, dark matter and beyond

Massimo Pigliucci | In-depth Interview

On stoicism, scepticism, and pseudoscience

A Crack In Everything

Slavoj Žižek debates whether Paradoxes are here to stay

Julian Barbour | In-depth Interview

On the illusion of time, quantum mechanics and beyond

How to Land on Another Planet

Space experts on the challenges of landing on Mars

John Ellis | In-depth interview

On Supersymmetry, Dark Matter, and beyond

Julian Baggini | In-depth Interview

How can philosophy improve public life?

David Malone | In-depth interview

On dualism, artifical intelligence and new ideas about consciousness

Ben Allanach | In-depth interview

On supersymmetry, particle physics and beyond

Emily Thomas | In-depth Interview

On travel, time and women in philosophy

Time is running out for supersymmetry and string theory

Are physicists giving up?

Science, Trust and Truth

When to interrogate the data

Learning to love uncertainty

The individual vs alternative facts

After the god particle

The nightmare scenario

Where are we going?

Tackling science's biggest questions

A physicist's approach to problem-solving

The fun to be had in getting it wrong

The Dark Energy Phenomenon

Have we misunderstood the universe?

Calculating reality

How mathematics shapes our world

The madness of quantum

Difficulties in understanding the integral theory

The half-life of Science

Do scientific facts exist?

Beyond material

Should we embrace the immaterial?

Physics doesn't have to be pretty

Shedding light on theoretical physics

The key to progress

Is science dangerous?

Metaphysics, morality and mayhem

Which theories should we prioritise?

Science and discovery

The limits of knowledge

Confronting crisis

Taking emergencies seriously

The crisis of particle physics

The mystery of reality & physics' biggest problem

Physicists need to learn from their mistakes

An interview with Sabine Hossenfelder

Uncovering the universe

Can science really reveal its secrets?

Challenging the scientific dogma

An interview with Rupert Sheldrake

The known and the unknown

Finding our way through the fog of uncertainty

What's wrong with physics

How can we regain its once great reputation?

Our story of the universe

And how it really began

Uncovering black holes

How to listen to the celestial giants

Cosmological mysteries

An interview with Chris Impey

What's eating the universe?

An interview with renowned physicist Paul Davies

Trust in a relative world

An interview with Maria Baghramian

Experimenting with the truth

The importance of objectivity in science

In Conversation with Carlo Rovelli & Jim Al-Khalili

On fundamental physics and the nature of reality

East meets west

Can Buddhism inform science?

Newton's Space

And its enduring impact

Beyond Us: Language

Episode 3: The uses and limitations of language

The breakdown of cosmology

Exploring its biggest problems

Lessons from the universe

An interview with Airbus's Ralph Cordey

The anti-universe

The biggest jump in physics?

Beyond Us: Growth

Episode 4: What is growth for?

The hunt for expertise

The logical labyrinth

Space, the new Wild West

Why space and why now?

The black hole paradox

The universe's unsolved mysteries

The survival paradox

Have we evolved to see the truth about reality?

Time and a new story of the universe

Moving towards a unified physics

Belief, hypocrisy and reason

The difference between opinion and truth

Understanding ourselves

The nature and data of morality

The limits of Western thought

Why non-Western science is paramount

Nothing but the truth

Are all views essentially perspectival?

Philosophy for cynical times

An interview with Slavoj Žižek

The end of physics as we know it

Is it time to throw away the Standard Model?

Beyond time and space

Locking horns over the arrows of time

How to leave the planet

What’s out there?

The stories that make us

How stories shape our understanding of reality

Alive in the universe

Why are we so determined to believe in alien life?

Planck and the consciousness puzzle

Can we see matter as derivative of consciousness?

Language, animals and us

The uniqueness of human language

Cosmology's Biggest Questions

The questions keeping cosmologists up at night

The return of idealism

A re-examination of knowledge, reality and truth

New theories of the universe

Is it time to move past the standard model?

Mind, Maps and Reality

Finding order in our universe

The Trouble with Truth

Embracing a radical alternative to reality

Life in the quantum universe

Quantum mechanics in the natural world

The end of the universe

Can we predict the fate of the universe?

The unsayable

Can language adequately capture reality?

Our place in the cosmos

An exploration into the night sky

The return of metaphysics

Should we return to grand stories about reality?

Asking ultimate questions

Enquiring into the nature of reality

How philosophy occupies the everyday

An interview with Timothy Williamson

Dangerous data

Is unwavering trust in science a dangerous move?

Science needs philosophy

An interview with Sabine Hossenfelder

Life, the universe, and everything else

Has science rendered philosophy redundant?

Determinism is a superstition

An interview with James Tartaglia

Reality, fantasy and metaphor

Are scientific metaphors a real description of reality?

The quest for a final theory

Can we find a theory of everything?

The universe, fixity and flux

Exploring the laws of the universe

Untangling space and time

Framing the fundamental laws with Tim Maudlin

The world is not made of things

An interview with Iain McGilchrist

From the matrix to the metaverse

Finding meaning in a virtual world

The world that disappeared

Can we be sure there is a physical reality?

A matter of facts

The value of truth in contemporary society

Seeing how it is

Can empirical observation lead us to the truth?

Language and power

Is language capable of communicating experience?

The life and philosophy of Martin Rees

An interview with Martin Rees

Postmodernism in the dock

Are we right to abandon objective truth?

On the nature of reality

The limits of materialism

The search for certainty

Should we give up the dream of certainty?

The trauma of everyday

Have mundane setbacks become catastrophic?

The mystery of the multiverse

Should we abandon the multiverse theory?

Science and the prejudice of the West

Why we need to decolonise science

What the world is made of

What is the fundamental nature of reality?

Solving the dark matter mystery

Exploring the dark side of physics

Lost in language

Is analytic philosophy's fixation on language holding us back?

The edge of the universe

Is the idea of infinity nonsense or a key insight?

The world after reality

Reality is dead

From one universe to the next

An interview with Roger Penrose

Finding an ultimate theory of everything

Eric Weinstein and Michael Shermer in conversation

Cosmology and the big bust

Should we abandon the Big Bang theory?

The one true story

Is philosophy the disinterested pursuit of truth?

The code to the cosmos

Is maths the language of the universe?

Cosmology needs philosophy

An interview with Bjørn Ekeberg

How Occam's Razor changed the world

The value of simplicity in a complex world

The making of reality

An interview with Hilary Lawson

Science fact or science fiction?

Are some scientific theories fictional speculation?

Gravitational waves: a new frontier?

Black holes, gravity and the future of cosmology

The future of cosmology with Roger Penrose

Is the universe reborn in cycles?

The theory to end all theories

Is a theory of everything possible?

Head to Head: Philosophy vs Science

Does science need philosophy?

The ignorance of experts

Can we rely on science for the answers?

The science of uncertainty with Tim Palmer

Uncertainty as the essence of understanding

Beyond the Darkness

Dark Matter: A Baseless Hypothesis?

How philosophy got lost

An interview with philosopher Slavoj Žižek

The strangeness of the universe

A weird and wonderful world

The demons of thermodynamics

Seeing the world through the geometry of chaos

Getting everything, losing everything

The dawn of a new reality?

A world by any other name

Can we crack our relationship to language?

The secrets of the universe

The Higgs boson, dark matter and other mysteries

How I changed my mind about truth

An interview with philosopher Simon Blackburn

The dark matter myth

An interview with astrophysicist Pavel Kroupa

Beyond the big bang

How to reimagine our cosmological model

The trouble with string theory

Is string theory doomed?

The end of everything

Is a theory of everything just around the corner?

The best and worst of all possible worlds

Are there alternate realities to ours?

The reality beyond spacetime

Is spacetime doomed?

Philosophy at war

A battle at the heart of philosophy

In Conversation: Iain McGilchrist and Hilary Lawson

Can we make sense of the cosmos?

After knowledge

The limits of knowledge

Stephon Alexander on the Fear of a Black Universe

What are Breakthroughs in Science?

Is Mathematics Invented or Discovered?

Are There Other Dimensions?

Why Is There Anything At All?

Rhetoric and reality

Why is language no guide to reality?

Fantasy, faith, and physics

The hidden motivations of physicists

Reality, models, and mayhem

Can science provide a complete account of reality?

Data needs theory

Exploring the mysteries of the universe

The censorship of cosmology

Has science stifled debate on the Big Bang?

Explaining away truth

An interview with Paul Horwich