Q&A
How do social movements win?
Timo Damm blends qualitative and quantitative research to understand how small groups push for change
Artificial Intelligence
Networks are math squares disguised as drawings
This is why neural networks are linear algebra under the hood
Complexity
Complexity is less than the sum of its parts, not more
Patterns are a shorthand for reality
TLDR
Elon Musk wasn't stupid to buy Twitter
New research shows that the X algorithm pushes people to the political right
From the Archives
Tessellation revelation
From my archives: the story of how mathematicians discovered "soft cells" that fill space without corners
Q&A
The individual isn't what it used to be
Tim Waring thinks human evolution is shifting from genetic and individual to cultural and collective
Biology
Women have no genetic blueprint
Neither do men, but women *really* don't
Biology
Does biology play dice?
Some thoughts on nature, nurture, and chance in development
Q&A
Political (neural) networking
Eddie Lee mapped the political landscape underpinning the increasingly polarized US Senate using the same physics that sparked the AI boom
Astrobiology
There is no time telescope
The Mars that may have hosted life long ago is our neighbor in space only.
Q&A
Hydra are a cosmos in a cuvette
To see order emerge from chaos, Anaïs Bailles shreds up immortal animals and watches them re-grow
Complexity
Why does complexity science like ants so much?
Ants are basically the unofficial mascot of complexity science. Why?