In a recent paper, SFI Complexity Postdoctoral Fellow Yuanzhao Zhang and co-author William Gilpin show that a deceptively ...

SFI External Professor Constantino Tsallis (Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas) will serve as co-chair and synthesis lead ...

The brain runs on about 15 to 20 watts, less than most light bulbs, but has still managed to evolve a voracious appetite for energy. In humans, it accounts for only about one-fiftieth of weight but ...

The grid is in crisis. A century-old system for generating, distributing, and regulating electricity cannot cope with coinciding pressures of electrification, decarbonization, enormous demand from ...

SFI External Professor Santiago Elena has been elected as a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology. The American Academy of Microbiology is the honorific leadership group within the American ...

A mystery novel, a history book, and a fantasy epic may have little in common in plot or style. But count the words inside them and a strange regularity appears: many new words show up early, then ...

Think of the economy as a giant web where every person, company, and country is linked. When something big happens — a pandemic, the rise of artificial intelligence, or a climate-driven disaster — it ...

Whenever an authority has influence over a population — be it a social media platform moderating user comments, a government imposing laws on its citizens, or an employer placing restrictions on ...

In a recent paper, SFI Professor David Wolpert, SFI Fractal Faculty member Carlo Rovelli, and physicist Jordan Scharnhorst examine a long-standing, paradoxical thought experiment in statistical ...

Francis Spufford, the author of numerous works of fiction and nonfiction, is the newest Miller Scholar at the Santa Fe Institute. “I recognized him as a kindred spirit,” says SFI President David ...

01/07 — 01/09 Working Group "Navigating the Space of Collective Transitions in Biology and Society," organized by Manfred Laubichler, Bryan Daniels, Colin Lynch 02/16 — 02/20 Working Group ...

Each year, several dozen people from across the United Kingdom are recognized for extraordinary achievements and service in the New Year Honours List. The 2026 List, compiled by King Charles III and ...