Fifth State of Matter May Defy the Second Law of Thermodynamics

Why does food stay solid in your freezer? Why does your tea cool down if you leave it out? Why is your dining room table a uniform temperature, instead of concentrating all its heat in a tiny corner?While these questions may seem trivial--after all, that's the way the world is--it took decades of work for some of the most brilliant minds in physics to work out the answers. Superstars like J. Willard Gibbs, Ludwig Boltzmann, and James Clerk Maxwell worked tirelessly at the end of the 19th century...