Review "Opinion dynamics: Statistical physics and beyond" arxiv.org/abs/2507.11521 Lab experiments, data, models, analytical/computational tools. 93 pages, >1k references. With Fabian Baumann, David Garcia, Gerardo Iñiguez, Márton Karsai, Jan Lorenz, Katarzyna Sznajd-Weron. Led by Michele Starnini

Efficient approximations of transcriptional bursting effects on the dynamics of a gene regulatory network royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... (with Jochen Kursawe, Antoine Moneyron) Transcriptional bursting induces oscillations otherwise not present, or magnifies existing oscillations. >>>

4 postdoc positions in complex systems at IFISC, Palma de Mallorca. Call open until 20/10/25, but positions will be filled starting immediately. If interested, please apply now. Candidates must be EU citizens.

Breaking co-existence: zealotry vs nonlinear social impact (w Chris Kitching, Lucía Ramirez, @maxisanmiguel.bsky.social) arxiv.org/abs/2505.21407 Zealotry breaks coexistence in voter models, partisan voter models, and evolutionary games. We show that sublinear social impact can prevent this.

"The small boys came early for the hanging", this is the opening line of @kenfollettauthor.bsky.social's Pillars of the Earth. Does anyone have examples of exceptional opening lines of scientific papers (or any other memorable quotes)? I give a few below. Other examples welcome.

"Proliferating active disks with game dynamical interaction" (with A. Almodóvar, C. López) arxiv.org/abs/2503.02555 Self-population enhances mixing in coexistence games, speeds up extinction in coordination games, and reduces the invasion probability of a beneficial mutant.

Predictability of temporal network dynamics in normal ageing and brain pathology (preprint with Lisa Caligiuri, Massimiliano Zanin, @wetuad.bsky.social, and others) arxiv.org/abs/2502.16557

A voter model with an evolving number of opinion states (with Jeehye Choi, Byungjoon Min) arxiv.org/abs/2502.14696 We study a VM in which new opinion states can emerge in the dynamics. Adapting methods previously used in theoretical evolutionary biology we compute >>

The joys of science. (This is one single resubmission, not the 11th time that we resubmit this manuscript).

Do mathematical paradoxes, like the Monty Hall problem, blow your mind? Well, they're for beginners... Today I discovered there's a paradox, that you can recreate yourself anytime, way crazier. Welcome to the Coin Rotation Paradox 🤯 youtu.be/FUHkTs-Ipfg?... via @veritasium.bsky.social

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Asymptotic Extinction in Large Coordination Games (with Desmond Chan, Bart De Keijzer, Stefanos Leonardos, Carmine Ventre) arxiv.org/abs/2412.15461 We show that, for large random coordination games, Q-Learning converges to a Quantal Response Equilibria near the >>>

Physics stories ⚛️ Pauli lecturing In one of his lectures, Pauli said of an assertion: "That's trivial". A student remarked: "I don't really understand why that's trivial." Pauli then left the lecture hall without saying a word. When he hadn't returned after five minutes, 1/2

🚀 Cross-disciplinary research is shaping the future! Discover how IFISC has become a global model, breaking silos and fostering innovation in complex systems. 🌐 Read more in @naturecomms.bsky.social: www.nature.com/articles/s41... #ComplexSystems #ScienceInnovation #CrossDisciplinarity

Characterising the dynamics of unlabelled temporal networks (with Annalisa Caligiuri, @wetuad.bsky.social) arxiv.org/abs/2412.14864 We use graph invariants to characterise time series of unlabelled networks, focusing on autocorrelation functions & sensitivity to initial conditions. >>>