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Time’s Arrow Traced to Quantum Source

By Natalie Wolchover
April 16, 2014
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A new theory explains the seemingly irreversible arrow of time while yielding insights into entropy, quantum computers, black holes, and the past-future divide.

Jeremy England
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A New Physics Theory of Life

By Natalie Wolchover
January 22, 2014
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An MIT physicist has proposed the provocative idea that life exists because the law of increasing entropy drives matter to acquire lifelike physical properties.


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