Mind = blown.

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: ...

Gravity is supposed to be the most familiar force in nature, yet at the deepest level it remains the least understood. A bold new line of research now argues that gravity is not fundamental at all, ...

This puzzle is known as the problem of time, and it remains one of the most persistent obstacles to a unified theory of ...

Though a cornerstone of thermodynamics, entropy remains one of the most vexing concepts to teach budding physicists in the classroom. Physics teachers designed a hand-held model to demonstrate the ...

The way time ticks forward in our universe has long stumped physicists. Now, a new set of tools from entangled atoms to black ...

We experience the flow of time because it’s a natural outcome of the basic laws of physics. But we may need to build a whole ...

For more than a century, modern physics has rested on two towering frameworks that do not quite agree with each other.

In a recent paper, SFI Professor David Wolpert, SFI Fractal Faculty member Carlo Rovelli, and physicist Jordan Scharnhorst examine a longstanding, paradoxical thought experiment in statistical physics ...

Quantum state diffusion framework makes it possible to characterize quantum measurement in terms of entropy production ...