In an article for The InterPlex, Colombian land use and remote sensing scientist Paulo Murillo explains that “advanced algorithms can now classify satellite imagery much better than previous algorithms,” enabling a dramatic leap in accuracy and scale. Learn more in the full article: buff.ly/J7iIiAb

In this InterDialogue excerpt, anthropologist and environmentalist Mariana Gómez Soto discusses scaling socio-bioeconomies in the Amazon, as proposed in the Science Panel for the Amazon’s 2025 Assessment Report, in which she was the lead author of the “Connectivity for socio-bioeconomies” chapter.

In this InterDialogue excerpt, electrical engineer Omar Prias discusses Colombia’s energy transition policy, decentralized systems, and community models. While policymakers increasingly recognize “energy communities” as important to the energy sector, implementation is uneven.

In this InterDialogue excerpt, Colombian electrical engineer, professor, and policy consultant Omar Prias discusses energy as the invisible infrastructure shaping everything from daily life to industrial output. Colombia is an energy-rich country with extraordinary geographic advantages.

When Indigenous communities in the Amazon went into voluntary isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic, they were protecting themselves from a devastating outbreak. But that isolation revealed a deeper structural vulnerability: the lack of reliable, decentralized energy in many remote territories.

In this InterDialogue excerpt, Brazilian Earth system scientist Carlos Nobre discusses the future of energy systems in the Amazon, arguing that sustainable infrastructure must prioritize planetary-scale renewable solutions rather than extractive regional models for development in the region.

In the global race toward sustainable energy, lithium is widely framed as the essential material for batteries. But as Argentine physical chemist Horacio Corti argues in a research article translated, updated, and republished to The InterPlex, lithium’s true strategic value extends beyond batteries.

This month at The InterPlex, we'll be featuring scientifically and interculturally informed perspectives on energy, technology, and innovation: buff.ly/1yrzsuf

In this InterDialogue excerpt, Argentine physical chemist Horacio Corti discusses Argentina’s nearly completed RA-10, a multipurpose nuclear reactor being built at the Ezeiza Atomic Center in Buenos Aires. The RA-10 is both a public health investment and a major scientific milestone.

In this article, Daniel Henryk Rasolt traces the story of magnesium from its cosmic origins in exploding stars down to planet Earth, where it forms an integral part of our planet’s geology and its complex web of life. Learn more in the full article: buff.ly/tKdHckb

In this InterDialogue excerpt, recorded in 2022 amid the COVID-19 pandemic and ecological destruction in the Amazon, Brazilian atmospheric physicist Paulo Artaxo reflects on how interdisciplinary dialogue helps scientists communicate about interconnected issues like climate change and public health.

In this InterDialogue excerpt, Spanish physicist and complex systems scientist @gomezgardenes.bsky.social explores how epidemics are not just biological events, but deeply social phenomena. “In an epidemic, the forecast alters the trajectory because we are part of the epidemic,” says Gómez-Gardeñes.

In this article, written at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic amid widespread uncertainty and anti-scientific sentiment, Daniel Henryk Rasolt explores the role of Indigenous land stewardship in mitigating climate change and preventing future pandemics through complex socio-ecological systems.

“Criticality is a very broad theory, but there is another perspective on complex systems that I promote based on morphology,” explains Peruvian neuroscientist and complex systems scientist Enver Oruro, discussing his research at the intersection of both fields.

According to Argentine complex systems scientist Dante Chialvo, “The collective needs a certain regularity to function, but also it must be flexible and variable in order to adapt to changes in its environment.” Read Chialvo's full article for further insights: buff.ly/MjI66fc

This month at The InterPlex, we'll be featuring scientifically and interculturally informed perspectives on neuroscience, integrative health, and tradition: buff.ly/Wt8V8k1

In this InterDialogue excerpt, Colombian anthropologist Mariana Gómez Soto explores why Amazonian bioeconomy can’t be engineered via centralized, product-focused strategies: “It has to be multidimensional and multiscalar in order to correspond to and be loyal to the particularities of the region."

A new article for The InterPlex addresses vital questions of self-organization and biocultural sustainability in dialogue with scientists, policymakers, and Indigenous leaders as they collectively envision a circular bioeconomy for the Amazon: buff.ly/vHrkCqi

In this InterDialogue excerpt, Greco-Argentine-Brazilian theoretical physicist Constantino Tsallis unpacks the concept of the “edge of chaos” as a dynamic zone of transition between order and disorder. Learn more in the full InterDialogue: buff.ly/sPr5D2j

In this InterDialogue excerpt, Brazilian physicist Luiz Davidovich reflects on the long-lasting effects of Brazil’s scientific brain drain, noting that while some researchers have returned, many remain abroad. Learn more in the full InterDialogue: buff.ly/4gdOxj4

In an analysis originally published by The InterPlex early last year, and republished last week by the highly regarded publication @resilience.org, Colombian anthropologist Juan Manuel Quinche explores the challenges and importance of delimiting Colombia’s wetlands. Read more: buff.ly/s3ecU93

In this InterDialogue, Brazilian plasma physicist and former director of the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) Ricardo Galvão traces the development of Brazil’s satellite-based monitoring of deforestation in the Amazon, beginning with its origins at the INPE in 1988: buff.ly/Q18FO2l

“The value of remote sensing is not only to create intriguing and sophisticated maps ... but also to contribute to understanding the interconnected sociopolitical, economic, and environmental processes that drive them," says land system scientist Paulo Murillo in this article: buff.ly/EYW9Gkq

As 2025 comes to a close, we are proud to look back on a year full of accomplishments. In our inaugural newsletter, we reflect on our achievements in 2025, acknowledge the team members and contributors in our growing community, and cast a view toward our vision for 2026: buff.ly/FRlvmsP

In this article, Colombian marine biologist Ernesto Mancera outlines the importance of nature-based solutions (NbS) for addressing complex socioecological challenges—from climate change and biodiversity loss to coastal erosion, water insecurity, and governance challenges: buff.ly/bBBFKkx

In this InterDialogue excerpt, Colombian marine biologist Ernesto Mancera underscores how nature-based solutions (NbS) and assertive science communication can help reduce uncertainty and provide concrete guidance for ecosystem management. Learn more in the full InterDialogue: buff.ly/8DfXrp5

This month at The InterPlex, we'll be featuring scientifically and interculturally informed perspectives on geopolitics, sustainable development, and socioecology: buff.ly/o4mXzA7

In this InterDialogue, Brazilian physicist, former rector of Unicamp, and current Executive Director of the World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), Marcelo Knobel, discusses TWAS, founded by Abdus Salam to build scientific capacity in the Global South. Full InterDialogue at our website: buff.ly/RcOiOs2

“With science we can find intercultural meeting points and interscientific convergence,” says Teyrungümü Torres Zalabata, an Indigenous Arhuaco physicist from Colombia’s Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. Learn more about bridging divides with science at our website: buff.ly/j7awyk8

In a new article for The InterPlex, founder Daniel Henryk Rasolt—together with numerous contributors to The InterPlex from around the world—asserts that a broader definition of science can help bridge interdisciplinary and intercultural divides in a complex, interconnected world: buff.ly/j7awyk8

Tikuna leader Marcelino Sánchez Noé describes the relationship between Indigenous cultures and their ecosystems, emphasizing that traditional knowledge has sustained the Amazon for millennia. However, illegal gold mining poses threats to Tikuna territory. Full InterDialogue: buff.ly/xBqiN6U

In this InterDialogue excerpt, Colombian land use and remote sensing scientist Paulo Murillo discusses his work on "socializing the pixel" and "pixelizing the social" in the context of two Colombian regions: the Andes-Amazon ecoregion and the Chocó/Tribugá area. Full InterDialogue: buff.ly/TFTqmEY

Scaling up from single cells to ecosystems and entire self-regulating Earth systems (“Gaia”), the web of life is woven together by trillions of interconnections. This month at The InterPlex, we're featuring perspectives on the living planet and biocultural diversity: buff.ly/64Wrdmw

In this InterDialogue, Brazilian Earth systems scientist Carlos Nobre speaks about the importance of merging scientific methodologies with traditional Indigenous knowledge systems in order to protect and sustainably develop the Amazon. Full dialogue: buff.ly/r36TEpV

"For traditional Indigenous people, nature, or the 'Mother Earth,' is an intricate, interconnected, interdependent sacred living entity — a complex system — not a collection of isolated, exploitable, limitless resources and property," writes Daniel Henryk Rasolt. Read more: buff.ly/UZgMBop

In this article, republished to The InterPlex with exclusive permission from @royalsociety.org, Brazilian physicist Constantino Tsallis proposes a conceptual bridge between the natural and social sciences for studying complexity in diverse forms. Read the full article on our website: buff.ly/s1EQHCK

In this InterDialogue excerpt, Brazilian physicist Constantino Tsallis explores how non-additive entropy, particularly Q-statistics, underpins a unifying framework for complex systems across fields ranging from particle physics and cosmology to economics, cognition, and biology: buff.ly/FL0RjjP

In this InterDialogue, Spanish complex systems scientist Jesús Gómez-Gardeñes explains his research on epidemics, the relationship between network structure and system behavior, and the implications for fields beyond epidemiology, like neuroscience, and multilayer network modeling: buff.ly/TsdO0X3

In this InterDialogue, physicist and complex systems scientist Rafael Germán Hurtado speaks about some of the fundamental properties of complexity, such as self-organization, non-linearity, and emergent macroscopic phenomena from microscopic interactions. See the full InterDialogue: buff.ly/0nNZoSo

Complexity takes a holistic approach to interconnected systems and can be informed by both modern science and traditional worldviews. This month, we’re highlighting content around complex systems, networks, and information theory. Visit our landing page: buff.ly/1g20iDR

Complex systems theorist Dante Chialvo describes his work with physicist Per Bak, a key figure bridging foundational questions and complex systems. Chialvo's work with Bak shaped a career exploring emergent collective behavior across disciplines. See the full InterDialogue: buff.ly/KLgEX6b

As Daniel Henryk Rasolt argues, Indigenous worldviews reflect key principles of complex systems theory. Rivers are seen not as separate entities, but as part of an intricate, living network that connects ecological, spiritual, and cosmic domains. Read the full article on our website:

For Indigenous leader Marcelino Sánchez Noé, concepts like the “flying river” or the “six levels of the world” are not just metaphors—they are complex, interconnected realities that align with empirical understandings of foundational questions. Learn more in our full InterDialogue: buff.ly/TmbU6e

Argentinian physicist Ingo Allekotte speaks about the strong interconnection between particle physics and cosmic ray astrophysics in this clip from our recent InterDialogue. Learn more about Allekotte by watching the full InterDialogue: buff.ly/ANjq3I3

“The detection of the merger of two neutron stars observed by LIGO and Virgo ushered in a new era in astronomy: multi-messenger astronomy with gravitational waves,” writes physicist Jorge Pullin in "The Sounds of the Cosmos," published by @mitpress.bsky.social. Read the full exclusive excerpt:

Physicist Jorge Pullin explains how he got involved in the early development of loop quantum gravity theory while delving into the mysteries of the nature of time. See our full InterDialogue with Pullin to learn about his work with @ligo.org and his recent book published by @mitpress.bsky.social.

As Brazilian physicist—and The InterPlex contributor—Luiz Davidovich prepares to receive the prestigious TWAS Apex Award for his pioneering work on quantum optics and quantum information, we are featuring a clip of his InterDialogue. Congratulations to Luiz Davidovich for this well-deserved award!

Foundational questions transcend generational and cultural divides. The InterPlex focuses on the interconnections between six areas of inquiry, or InterSpheres. This month, we’ll be highlighting content from our Foundational Questions, Cosmology and Life InterSphere: theinterplex.org/interspheres...

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