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An SFI working group explores the interactions between pre-industrial humans and other species, and what those interactions might tell us about modern society.

An analysis of conflicts within a community of pigtail macaques shows how agitated monkeys can precipitate critical, large-scale brawls.

Human settlements sprawl according to common factors, and modern cities show similar patterns to ancient ones, but hunter-gatherer encampments look much different. An SFI working group is trying to figure out why.

SFI researchers examine cellular physiology to understand just how little energy life needs to survive.

Professor Sidney Redner and colleagues reveal an optimal strategy for foragers, whether they're searching for berries in the woods or oil in the desert.

Some 30 researchers gather at SFI this week to discover how social networks influence wealth inequality.

How large-scale factors like evolution and environments interact to produce cancer risk is the subject of a new study published in the February issue of Ecology Letters.

During a January 24 talk in Santa Fe, neurobiologist Christof Koch presented a theory about which brains can experience consciousness and which cannot. Watch his talk here.

The Winter 2017 issue of SFI's quarterly newsletter is available online. Download it here.

Collective decision-making can be beneficial for social animal groups, but not if members share bad information.

A new paper published in the journal Animal Behavior calls for further study of the "audience effect" across animal species by using methods similar to those used in human communication research.

An SFI working group re-frames "cyber security-as-usual."

Models from ecology may have some important things to teach us about politics, competition, and our modern-day social echo chambers. 

Scientists discuss the importance and future of 'sherpas' for researching complex intelligence.

Two sets of mathematically inclined, multidisciplinary postdocs convene at the Santa Fe Institute.

Through a new online social circle research panel dubbed “SciFriends,” SFI Professor Mirta Galesic and her team are working to shed new light on how friends influence each others' thoughts and behaviors.

Working Group explores the suspiciously simple computer science question: Does P = NP?

It's not just us— ancient humans had to adapt to a changing climate, too.

Circuits aren't just for electronics; living circuits exist in the biological world as well.

Philosopher and biographer Ray Monk is SFI’s Miller Scholar for 2017.