The block universe theory says the past, present and future all exist — and are equally real — in a four-dimensional block where the passing of time is an illusion.

Matter is what makes up the universe, but what makes up matter? This question has long... Fragments of energy – not waves or particles – may be the fundamental building blocks of the universe ...

It’s called the "block universe" view in physics — in which everything has, in a sense, a manner of speaking, already happened. And this would mean that what we think of as free will is, in a ...

The fragment could be a single potentially universal building block from which to model reality mathematically – and update the way people think about the building blocks of the universe.