Time travel is one of the most captivating tropes in science fiction, inspiring countless stories of adventures through the ages. After all, what’s more tantalizing than the possibility of rewriting ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Many philosophers and scientists have pondered if we live in a simulated universe, and University of ...

Pity the poor thermodynamics student of the future. As difficult as thermo can be for budding engineers to learn, it is going to get a lot more complicated if a recently published theory is true.

Recent research reveals that quantum mechanics can supersede the second law of thermodynamics at the atomic scale, challenging long-held principles of entropy and energy dissipation in microscopic ...

Anyone trying to circumvent the physical laws governing heat is going to get burned. A new experiment reveals how a device that robs a closed system of heat to make it more orderly, an action ...

When it comes to the sciences, sometimes making two observations or measurements that appear to contradict each other is the best thing that could possibly happen. These apparent paradoxes help lead ...

Our brains produce more entropy when we are awake than when we are asleep. The finding could lead to better ways to measure the consciousness of people who appear to be in a coma. Entropy is a measure ...

If you can't see the point in stacking things neatly, and you balk at high-maintenance hairdos or dry-clean-only tags, you're going to love entropy. And you're not alone: left to itself, the entire ...