{"id":3386,"date":"2014-10-31T11:08:35","date_gmt":"2014-10-31T16:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/?p=3386"},"modified":"2014-11-06T23:47:30","modified_gmt":"2014-11-07T04:47:30","slug":"a-new-take-on-times-arrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/a-new-take-on-times-arrow\/","title":{"rendered":"A new take on time\u2019s arrow<img src=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/canada_flag_icon_small.gif\">"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3387\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Big-Bang.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3387\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3387\" src=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Big-Bang.jpg\" alt=\"A new study suggests that a natural tendency toward an increase in complexity (rather than a decrease in order) is the driving force behind time\u2019s arrow. (Image credit: Gabriela Secara, Perimeter Institute)\" width=\"400\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Big-Bang.jpg 400w, http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Big-Bang-300x195.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3387\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A new study suggests that a natural tendency toward an increase in complexity (rather than a decrease in order) is the driving force behind time\u2019s arrow. (Image credit: Gabriela Secara, Perimeter Institute)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Why does time flow forward? A new paper suggests that the traditional explanation is flawed and suggests a new one.<\/p>\n<p>Current theories invoke the law of entropy, which states that systems naturally move from more ordered states to more disordered ones. But the authors point out that the early universe &#8211; a tiny ball of super-hot plasma &#8211; may have actually been more disordered than the stately galaxies and solar systems we see today.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers\u00a0argue that instead the driving force behind time\u2019s arrow may be a natural law that requires an increase in complexity, rather than a decrease in order.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/journals.aps.org\/prl\/abstract\/10.1103\/PhysRevLett.113.181101\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Original research paper<\/span><\/a>\u00a0published in <i>Physical Review Letters<\/i><em>\u00a0<\/em>on\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_453723367\"><span class=\"aQJ\"><strong>October 29, 2014<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>Names and affiliations of selected\u00a0authors<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Tim Koslowski, University of New Brunswick, New Brunswick<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why does time flow forward? A new paper suggests that the traditional explanation is flawed and suggests a new one. Current theories invoke the law of entropy, which states that systems naturally move from more ordered states to more disordered ones. But the authors point out that the early universe &#8211; a tiny ball of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3387,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[2259,347,533,2260],"class_list":["post-3386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-paper-of-interest","tag-new-brunswick","tag-physics","tag-space","tag-time"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Big-Bang.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4DqbN-SC","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3386"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3386\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3431,"href":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3386\/revisions\/3431"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}