Is time a fundamental part of reality? A quiet revolution in physics suggests not

Physics has long struggled to explain what time actually is, as different theories like relativity and quantum mechanics treat it incompatibly. A revolutionary approach using information theory suggests time isn't fundamental but emerges from irreversible information storage in spacetime itself. This framework proposes that every physical interaction writes permanent informational records into the universe's structure, creating time's forward direction because these records accumulate and cannot be erased, potentially explaining dark matter and providing testable predictions.