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 ...

Explore the Boltzmann Brain paradox and its challenge to entropy-driven explanations of our universe's structure and arrow of time. The Boltzmann Brain paradox is an argument against the idea that the ...

In January I wrote a piece titled “ 5 Physics Equations Everyone Should Know .” Lots of you weighed in with your own ...

Strong conclusions: Eric Johnson covers Ludwig Boltzmann’s science well, but veers into dangerous territory by pathologizing him. (Courtesy: Photo Researchers / Science Photo Library) Yet I found ...

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 ...

For a technical scientific term, entropy is pretty popular. I mean, it was the title of an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, after all. Search the Internet for “entropy” quotes and you’ll find them ...