Pulsing to their own beat: What's cuing salmon migration patterns?
Why salmon migrate in 'pulsing' patterns is the subject of a new paper published today in Animal Behavior.
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Why salmon migrate in 'pulsing' patterns is the subject of a new paper published today in Animal Behavior.
In a new study, SFI Omidyar Fellow Eleanor Power analyzes the social benefit of religious participation in two South Indian communities.
This week at SFI, researchers from a range of disciplines examine how violent radicalization occurs at the micro, meso, and macro levels.
SFI Omidyar Fellow Josh Grochow and collaborators make headway on decades-old mathematics problem.
Kenneth J. Arrow, a Nobel laureate who transformed our understanding of complex social and economic systems, passed away Tuesday, February 21, 2017 in Palo Alto, California.
SFI Professor Luis Bettencourt accepts roles as Pritzker Director the Mansueto Institute of Urban Innovation at the University of Chicago and Professor of Ecology and Evolution at the University of Chicago.
An SFI working group explores the interactions between pre-industrial humans and other species, and what those interactions might tell us about modern society.
Darwin Day is observed annually on February 12, Charles Darwin's birthday. This year, SFI shares some faculty insights about the man who helped us understand life's great diversity.
SFI has named evolutionary anthropologist Paul Hooper as its new Director of Education.
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.
For her central contributions to food web analyses, SFI Professor and Vice President for Science Jennifer Dunne has been selected as a Fellow of the Ecological Society of America for 2017.
Following an SFI discussion of recent events, President David Krakauer expresses unwavering commitment to the free exchange of ideas in a complex world.
On September 30, 2016, SFI's Jeremy Sabloff was appointed the next Chair of the Cultural Property Advisory Committee.
The Winter 2017 issue of SFI's quarterly newsletter is available online. Download it here.
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.
Two sets of mathematically inclined, multidisciplinary postdocs convene at the Santa Fe Institute.
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.