Everyone lives through time, but we continue to struggle to fully understand it. We remain unsure whether time is fundamental or emergent, why it has an arrow pointing from past to future, and how that arrow connects to our experience of time's passage. Jim Al-Khalili's new book is <a href= "https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691267036/on-time"> On Time: The Physics that Makes the Universe Tick</a>. We discuss what time is at the most basic level, and how it connects to open questions in biology, cosmology, and quantum mechanics. Mindscape listeners can try StatsKey Pro free for one month <a href="https://statskey.ai/mindscape">with code MINDSCAPE</a>. After that, it's $4.99 per month unless canceled. #ad Blog post with transcript: <a href= "https://preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2026/08/31/366-jim-al-khalili-on-time-quantum-biology-and-cosmology/"> https://preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2026/08/31/366-jim-al-khalili-on-time-quantum-biology-and-cosmology/</a> Support Mindscape on <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/seanmcarroll" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Patreon</a>. Jim Al-Khalili received his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Surrey. He is currently Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Physics at Surrey. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society, and has served as past president of the British Science Association. He has been awarded the Michael Faraday Prize by the Royal Society, and has been appointed an appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire. <ul> <li><a href="https://www.jimal-khalili.com/">Web site</a></li> <li><a href= "https://www.surrey.ac.uk/people/jim-al-khalili">University of Surrey web page</a></li> <li><a href= "https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=V9EAlmIAAAAJ&hl=en">Google Scholar publications</a></li> <li><a href= "https://www.amazon.com/stores/Jim-Al-Khalili/author/B001HD1W88">Amazon author page</a></li> <li><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Al-Khalili">Wikipedia</a></li> <li><a href= "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmaqaZoEaBONdWb3BuJPHy189Us_wq1d6"> YouTube</a></li> </ul>

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