Neutron stars are unusual compared to the bulk of the observed universe. In fact, in many ways, they behave more like black ...

A new analysis of the “Boltzmann brain” paradox suggests our memories and sense of reality could, in theory, be random ...

Today’s most advanced clocks keep time with an incredibly precise rhythm. But a new experiment suggests that clocks’ precision comes at a price: entropy. Entropy, or disorder, is created each time a ...

A video from MinutePhysics asks the question: why does time move forward? And furthermore, why does it never move backward? The answer: it's all about entropy. Though in microscopic physics, time is ...

Every moment that passes finds us traveling from the past to the present and into the future, with time always flowing in the same direction. At no point does it ever appear to either stand still or ...