There are moments in the history of human thought when a simple realization transforms our understanding of reality. A moment when chaos reveals itself as structure, when disorder folds into meaning, ...

A new theory suggests that gravity could possibly be the result of entropy. If true, this would mean that everything in the universe would fall apart if it all remained unchanged. This theory tries to ...

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 ...