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Reality is more distorted than we think.

The risk of dying basically flattens after age 110.

People tend to reflexively assume that fun events – like vacations – will go by really quickly.

Can one equation unite all of physics?

Ever lose track of time while doing something? It gets worse with a VR headset on.

Can spacekime help us make headway on some of the most pernicious inconsistencies in physics?

Two new studies examine ways we could engineer human wormhole travel.

Night owl or early bird?

Interactive globe shows where your hometown was at various stages of Earth’s deep geological past.

Grandfathers, take heart. You’ll survive the paradox that’s been gunning for you since the 1930s.

From cryonics to time travel, here are some of the (highly speculative) methods that might someday be used to bring people back to life.

Does time exist? Here’s what the debate is all about.

Andy Samberg and Cristin Milioti get stuck in an infinite wedding time loop.

What was so great about Einstein anyway? A group of experts weigh in.

What we know about black holes is both fascinating and scary.

Time travel is possible, but only in one direction.

How to manage your time so you can actually accomplish what you want to.

Time runs backward there. Other physicists are not convinced.

Do space and time really exist? NASA astronomer Michelle Thaller looks at the implications of Einstein’s famous equation E=mc2.

Your morning coffee is good for you – if you drink it at the right time.

While we might not love the idea of deadlines, they can be cause for some of our greatest creative work.

Our desire to engage in more interesting activities may have something to do with it.

Physicists propose using time crystals to bring about a quantum computing revolution.

Researchers call this “intergenerational reciprocity.”

What’s key to successfully expanding your team? A leader who can hire smarter, not faster.

We have arrived: Big Think’s most popular video of 2019 tells us light exists outside of time.

The idea of ‘absolute time’ is an illusion. Physics and subjective experience reveal why.

Why does time flow in one direction? Why do humans perceive time so differently than it really is? Is there really a difference between the present, the past, and the future? These books explore these questions and more.

Focusing on the present moment has some strange effects on how people estimate stretches of time.

NASA’s intrepid Curiosity rolls upward into Mars history.