Size distributions in some ecosystems follow a power (Zipf-)law behavior spanning up to two ten decades. A model for the origins of this scaling behavior is presented. The model shows that the ...

Anselme CormierLecturer in ancient history at the Université catholique de l'Ouest in Nantes and research associate at the Centre Jean Bérard in Naples ...

In a recent study in Physical Review Letters, SFI Complexity Postdoctoral Fellow Aanjaneya Kumar and colleagues show that the margin of victory for any election can be predicted solely by the voter ...

Exploring the difference between "stable" and "robust" touches on essentially every aspect of what we instinctively find interesting about robustness in natural, engineering, and social systems. It is ...

Medieval friar William of Ockham posited a famous idea: always pick the simplest explanation. Often referred to as the parsimony principle, “Ockham’s razor” has shaped scientific decisions for ...

In a recent study in Physical Review Letters, SFI Complexity Postdoctoral Fellow Aanjaneya Kumar and colleagues show that the margin of victory for any election can be predicted solely by the voter ...

Abha Eli Phoboo: From the Santa Fe Institute, this is Complexity. Melanie Mitchell: I’m Melanie Mitchell. Abha: And I’m Abha Eli Phoboo. [THEME MUSIC FADES OUT] So far in this season, we’ve looked at ...

The brain, whether considered as a network or a complex adaptive system, is obviously linked to other networks and complex adaptive systems, both technical and social. These links are usually mediated ...

A key lesson from allometric scaling perspectives has been that a variety of physiological processes and timescales systematically change with body size. These have important implications for ...

Since their introduction in 1995 and 1996, wolves have had effects on Yellowstone that ripple across the entire structure of the food web that defines biodiversity in the Northern Rockies ecosystem.

Choose between National History Museum and Downtown Santa Fe OR Hike - Bandelier National Monument National History Museum and Downtown Santa Fe https://www ...