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One of the more terrifying concepts to arise out of physics is the idea of the Boltzmann brain . The Boltzmann brain was first postulated by...

Two of the most extensively-tested laws of physics are the First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics -- and in the nearly two centuries since ...

My novel In the Midst of Lions  opens with a character named Mary Hansard -- an ordinary forty-something high school physics teacher -- sudd...

Dear readers, I'm going to take a short break from Skeptophilia  -- my next post will be Thursday, November 18.  I'll still be linin...

 If I had to pick the scientific law that is the most misunderstood by the general public, it would have to be the Second Law of Thermodynam...

Two of the most extensively-tested laws of physics are the First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics -- and in the nearly two centuries since ...