The emergence of new viruses is often unpredictable, jumping as they might from infecting one species to another. A November ...

Fifty-six participants from six continents met at SFI for the 2024 Postdocs in Complexity Global Summit on September 23–26.

SFI's Past President and Distinguished Shannan Professor Geoffrey West has received the Freedom of the City of London award. West was nominated by the Lord Mayor, Professor Michael Mainelli, for his ...

Historians of philosophy are like painters; by giving an interpretation of another philosopher’s problems and concepts, they paint philosophical portraits. SFI Research Fellow Anthony Eagan paints ...

No matter how mundane or life-changing, the decisions we make are necessarily based on whatever limited information is available to us. If you’re weighing the risks of going outside during a pandemic, ...

SFI has consistently nurtured relationships with insightful practitioners and radical innovators. In robust discussions, these leaders have raised provoking questions and offered access to data, while ...

Two systems exist in thermal equilibrium if no heat passes between them. Computers, which consume energy and give off heat as they process information, operate far from thermal equilibrium. Were they ...

SFI Publications Manager Katie Mast was elected to the Board of the National Association of Science Writers (NASW). She joins 14 other board members and begins her two-year term on November 11. “In a ...

Hubler, M. J.,Buchman, T. G. Objective: To model the effects of system connectedness on recovery of dysfunctional tissues. Design: One-dimensional elementary cellular automata models with small-world ...

Traditional studies of terrorist group behavior focus on questions of political motivation, strategic choices, organizational structure, and material support, but say little about the basic laws that ...