Theoretical physicists Joao Magueijo and Lee Smolin have proposed that time is not merely a backdrop against which the universe unfolds but a quantum variable that directly shapes cosmic expansion.

Physicists are rethinking time itself. Long treated as a basic part of the universe, time may instead be an illusion—a side effect of quantum entanglement. A new study challenges the traditional idea ...

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