Science popularization has its legends and heroes, just like any other field, though I’ve heard no plans as yet to open a Hall of Fame. Should that day come, one of the first inductees would ...

The Boltzmann brain hypothesis states that, between the Big Bang occurring and a fully-formed brain suddenly popping into ...

In this video, we explore the relationship between information and entropy through James Clerk Maxwell's thought experiment, ...

The Boltzmann brain hypothesis suggests that our memories are nothing more than unlikely fluctuations. According to the theory, the past and the future don’t exist—only the present does. Researchers ...

Entropy is one of the most useful concepts in science but also one of the most confusing. This article serves as a brief introduction to the various types of entropy that can be used to quantify the ...