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2010-08-30 13:17:04

SFI joins John Templeton Foundation to assess complexity research

SFI News

In a partnership with the John Templeton Foundation, SFI will evaluate inquiries and proposals the Foundation receives on the science and significance of complexity.


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2010-08-30 15:45:54

Agent-based models showing health officials how to contain epidemics

Forbes

Shortly after 9-11 U.S. officials, worried about smallpox attacks, turned to SFI External Professor Joshua Epstein and his agent-based modeling of disease outbreaks. 


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2010-08-24 16:47:01

Study: 100 million years of evolutionary divergence, same growth rate

SFI News

After 100 million years of evolutionary divergence, people, platypuses, and kangaroos allocate the same proportional amount of energy to reproduction and offspring development, a new study shows.

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2010-08-18 16:35:40

How ecology science has evolved, and where it should go next

The Chronicle of Higher Education

SFI External Professor Simon Levin reviews the interdisciplinary history of ecology and calls for its further integration with the social sciences, the humanities, and public policy as we seek to preserve the planet's ability to support humankind.

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2010-08-16 16:13:26

Paper calls for easier central bank lending during a market crisis

NASDAQ.com

Yale economist and SFI External Professor John Geanakoplos argues in a paper just released by the Federal Reserve Bank that in moments of crisis, central banks should lend more, not less.


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2010-08-13 17:22:43

Exhibit: How did life emerge?

SFI News

SFI is leading an NSF-supported collaboration to create a new permanent exhibit for the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science in Albuquerque. The exhibit takes a fresh look at the origins of life. 


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2010-08-10 10:58:20

Techonomists: Financial markets in need of reinvention

CNBC Money Matters

During recent financial crises Congress has had to act without reliable information, said SFI Professor Doyne Farmer at the 2010 Techonomy conference. A better approach is needed, he says. 


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