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Video: Watch Alison Gopnik on a child's mind and our uniquely human consciousness
SFI's 2013 Community Lecture series continued May 9 in Santa Fe, with psychologist, philosopher, author, and mother Alison Gopnik on “The Minds of Children.” Watch the video of her presentation here. ... More
The vertigo of chance: How we deal with uncertainty in our lives
Nautilus magazineIn an essay in Nautilus magazine, SFI Research Fellow Simon DeDeo describes the roles both natural and social uncertainty play in our lives and shows how mathematics can help make sense of both kinds. ... More
Video: Watch the winning math videos in Dartmouth’s Math-O-Vision contest
Creating a “joyous interest” in math is a goal of the first Math-O-Vision contest in which high school students submit math-themed movies of four minutes or less in length. The contest is the brainchild of SFI External Professor Dan Rockmore. ... More
Can six billion cells phones collecting data on how people move lead to better human health?
MIT Technology ReviewSFI Omidyar Fellow Alums Caroline Buckee and Nathan Eagle are featured in an MIT Technology Review article that explores the implications of cell phone data, especially the potential blunting the spread of disease. ... More
Enroll now for SFI's Short Course: Exploring Complex Networks, September 4-6, Austin, Texas
On September 4-6 in Austin, Texas, the Santa Fe Institute offers its popular short course on complexity, with a special focus on networks. ... More
Do parasites upset food web theory?
PLOS BiologyA new paper shows that including parasites in ecological datasets does alter the structure of food webs, but that's mostly due to an increase in diversity and complexity rather than the unique characteristics of parasites. ... More
How rising temperatures could alter species interactions, ecosystems
Journal of Animal EcologyA paper by SFI External Professor Van Savage and collaborators shows how rising temperatures could alter the ways species interact – changes that biologists fear could destabilize entire ecosystems. ... More
The Cahokia question: Small state or jumbo chiefdom?
Was the mound-building settlement of Cahokia, near modern-day St. Louis, the seat of a small state or a jumbo-sized chiefdom? Experts gathered at SFI recently to try to settle the matter. ... More
Does everybody want democracy?
Santa Fe New MexicanSFI Professor Paula Sabloff's anthropological research to understand Mongolians' desire for democracy is featured in the Santa Fe New Mexican. ... More
Why aren’t all cultures the same? And what explains variations in cultures?
American Association for the Advancement of ScienceSFI External Professor Peter Peregrine and his research to understand cultural evolution are featured in a AAAS member profile. ... More
Cormac McCarthy inducted into the American Philosophical Society
SFI Trustee Cormac McCarthy was among those inducted into the American Philosophical Society at its meeting in Philadelphia in April. ... More
Ice Age ancestors might have used words in common with us
PNASNew research by SFI External Professor Mark Pagel and collaborators shows that Ice Age people living in Europe 15,000 years ago might have used forms of common words that in some cases could still be recognized today. ... More
Soup to nuts: All you ever wanted to know about SFI in one place
Ever wonder what SFI scientists like to think about? How many countries SFI External Professors represent? Who SFI's 300-plus donors are? SFI's 2012 Annual Report contains this and much more. ... More
Children's museum exhibit explores the science of cities, SFI style
A new multimedia exhibit at the Santa Fe Children's Museum gives kids a glimpse of what SFI scientists are learning about cities. ... More
Crowd wisdom economics: The bad news
American Economic ReviewLousy institutions persist because even the most rational people often perpetuate a status quo that leaves everyone worse off, according to a new paper in the American Economic Review by Marianna Belloc and SFI Professor Samuel Bowles. ... More
Student study of ignition interlock devices attributes fewer crashes to 2005 law
Four Santa Fe-area high school students teamed up with three SFI scientists to study data about the effectiveness of ignition interlock devices in curbing drunken driving accidents in New Mexico, with illustrative results. ... More
What drives the nonliving to living, the simple to complex, and the instinctual to intellectual?
Chronicle of Higher EducationAn article in the Chronicle of Higher Education explores on the intersection of philosophy and evolution and invokes the perspectives of several current and past SFI researchers about evolution, order, and complexity. ... More
Which came first: Farming or private property? Wrong question, suggests new paper
PNASIt has long been assumed that the advent of farming 12 millennia ago led to the advent of private property rights. A new paper and some mathematical modeling by SFI researchers tell a very different story. ... More
What to do with 'big data' when we don't yet have a theory of complex systems
Scientific AmericanA column in Scientific American by SFI Distinguished Professor Geoffrey West makes the case for a theory of complex systems. ... More
Big data for personalized medical treatment
Boston GlobeColin Hill, whose company GNS Healthcare is helping provide personalized medical treatment through genetic data analytics, says his summer at SFI contributed to his idea to merge chaos theory, big data, genetics, and health care. ... More
The science of families: SFI's Paul Hooper on why we need grandparents
Santa Fe New MexicanSFI Omidyar Fellow Paul Hooper writes about his research to understand the origin of some traits that make us uniquely human, including the support of both parents and grandparents during an unusually lengthy period of child development. ... More
States of complexity: Why and how did the state emerge in human societies?
SFI’s interactive science magazine, the SFI Bulletin, is now live. Our first issue of 2013, "States of Complexity," explores the increasing complexity of human society. ... More
Quantitative urbanism: The city as one giant math problem
Smithsonian magazineA feature in the May issue of Smithsonian reviews the birth at SFI of the growing field of "quantitative urbanism" and its progress toward an improved theoretical, mathematical understanding of cities. ... More
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