Some computers are easy to spot. Artificial, human-built computers like those found in smartphones and laptops are abstract ...

A new study in PNAS introduces a mathematical model that quantifies how different systems, from cells to organizations, ...

SFI External Professor Santiago Elena has been elected as a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology, joining 62 other fellows in the class of 2026, each selected for their contributions in the ...

The Economy as an Evolving Complex System IV, published by the SFI Press in February 2026, is the latest in a series originally launched nearly four decades ago to rethink economics through the lens ...

The race to develop a virtual scientist — an AI creation that conducts every stage of research, from idea to publication — has consumed researchers, start-up founders, and tech juggernauts alike. It ...

SFI External Professor Santiago Elena has been elected as a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology, joining 62 other fellows in the class of 2026, each selected for their contributions in the ...

This event is closed to the public. Social systems change in unpredictable ways, particularly when power in them becomes power over them. This affects outcomes for collective behavior, collective ...

Whenever an authority has influence over a population — be it a social media platform moderating user comments, a government imposing laws on its citizens, or an employer placing restrictions on ...

A century ago, the section of U.S. federal law governing public health and welfare was relatively small and loosely connected ...

The simulation hypothesis — the idea that our universe might be an artificial construct running on some advanced alien computer — has long captured the public imagination. Yet most arguments about it ...