What was your favorite toy growing up? This paradox claims that memory—and every other one—is just a random fluctuation.

One of the most important ideas in physics is also one of the most misunderstood: entropy. It describes how energy naturally ...

A scientist proposes a new law of physics suggesting the universe may be a digital simulation, linking physics, biology, and ...

Can quantum systems become more disordered, as thermodynamics would predict? Yes, they can - if a proper definition of "entropy" is used. It is one of the most important laws of nature that we know: ...

It feels so obvious that time moves forward that questioning it can seem almost pointless.

Entropy. The word itself should cause insomnia. It means that matter and energy will degrade—ultimately leading to chaos in the universe—if things are left alone. So why is a new theory suggesting ...