Do you want to help develop new theories for systems that adapt, evolve, and interact? Applications are open for SFI’s 2026 UCR program, a fully funded, 10-week experience for undergraduates, offering mentorship, seminars, and project development. Apply by Jan 14, 2026 www.santafe.edu/ucr

⏳ What is time? What is its origin? Can we predict the future—or even travel to the past?  Ricard Solé, principal investigator at the @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social  and UPF, is the curator of The Invention of Time, a new exhibition at the @museuciencies.cat . 👉https://shorturl.at/bqTKQ

@ccoocatalunya.bsky.social por favor, podéis apagar las luces de vuestro edificio en Vía Laietana por las noches? El edificio de enfrente, por ser histórico, tiene persianas que entrelucen y no dejáis dormir. La solidaridad obrera empieza por respetar el descanso de lxs trabajadores. Gracias.

Congrats on super interesting work!!! You're on fire 🔥🔥

ENTREVISTA | Liset M. de la Prida, neurocientífica: “La sobreestimulación tiene un precio, podemos forzar el límite del cerebro” www.eldiario.es/128_c41b4a?u...

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 Una investigación de Reuter basada en documentos internos de Meta muestra una vez más que -> 👉 Las plataforma se lucran con los fraudes. Y lo saben. En #FakeYou lo dejamos claro: nuestros políticos también lo saben. Va hilo 🧵 www.reuters.com/inve...

Congrats to a great team for a superb paper years in the making!!!

Cooperation is a universal feature of complex systems, from the origins of life and microbiomes to societies. What universal patterns can be found in these systems? Here's our new @pnas.org paper. @jordipinero.bsky.social @artemyte.bsky.social @sfiscience.bsky.social www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....

In October, the International Society for Artificial Life recognized several SFI researchers and co-authors with the ISAL Award for Outstanding Publication of 2024. The award celebrates the paper “Fundamental constraints to the logic of living systems," which was published last fall.

Are you an early-career researcher or research professional with a broad interest in complexity science? Applications are open for SFI’s 2026 CSSS program, a three-week, in-residence program offering an intensive introduction to complexity science. Apply by Feb 4, 2026 santafe.edu/csss

Apples xkcd.com/3180/

“Those of us who do not believe that we are divinely created, let alone divinely supervised, are not immune to the idea of awe and beauty and the transcendent.” Christopher Hitchens gave a powerful defense of awe in science. He died 14 years ago today. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2K0a...

Our new science exhibition “The Invention of Time” has just opened in Barcelona. Come explore time in physics, brains & life, from Evolution 2 relativity. We even have a working Time Machine (that’s me using it) @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social @icreacommunity.bsky.social museuciencies.cat/en/exposicio...

Per acompanyar la magnífica exposició sobre el temps comissariada pel @ricardsole.bsky.social, el Prof. Francis Garcia Collado ha organitzat un cicle de conferències a biblioteques sobre "Què és el temps?" pel gener i febrer de 2026. ajuntament.barcelona.cat/biblioteques...

For decades, a major mathematical effort had stalled. Now a new proof claims to change that, using ideas from string theory. Its "next-century mathematics" has stoked excitement in some mathematicians and skepticism in others. Joseph Howlett reports: www.quantamagazine.org/string-theor...

Can ecological network theory explain the transition from health to disease in microbiome-related processes? Yes, and this outstanding new paper led by Miguel A. Muñoz shows exactly how. An exceptional contribution that moves the field forward: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... @vmaull.bsky.social

Chessboard Alignment xkcd.com/3177/

For comparison, every robotic mission NASA has ever sent in its history, from the dawn of the Space Age 65 years ago to today, from Mercury to Pluto and beyond, has cost less than $40B. I know which one has done more for humankind and which one should be dismantled.

Why does every decade promise a method, a language, or now #AI that will “fix” #software #complexity? Software never behaved like an engineered artifact. Our research shows it evolves like an #ecosystem. A thread ↓

From local schools to national governance, Simona Levi advocates digital sovereignty as a path to a better democracy theurbanactivist.com/governance/d...

#JoinOurTeam 📣Check out the open call for #JuanDeLaCierva2025 before December 10th and become part of our team at the @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social .🧬🦋🦴🦠 We specially encourage female researchers to submit their applications to the call. #UnravellingEvolution ✍ https://shorturl.at/nbHDN

Recordatorio periódico: No es solo que los gigantes tecnológicos #bigtech no innoven. Es que NO son gigantes tecnológicos sino publicitarios. #enshittification

What if ALL the sun's power was focused in one place? What the latest What If? video in collaboration with @minuteearth.bsky.social! youtu.be/qu8nx1qUwEU

How “intelligent” is a slime mold? When it solves mazes, it might not be thinking:it’s obeying physics. Our new paper with @jordiplam.bsky.social shows how it follows a least action principle,letting physics do the job arxiv.org/pdf/2511.08531 @drmichaellevin.bsky.social @docteur-drey.bsky.social

In a new book, one of the most radical thinkers in physics calls for scientists to embrace philosophy.

7 casos de ciència no orientada amb aplicacions inimaginables: com ara, la recerca de Francis Mojica sobre CRISPR. Merescut reconeixement entre altres descobertes extraordinàries. Francis, exalumne de @ccbiologiquesuv.bsky.social Dr HC @uv.es i, sobretot,bona persona. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Continents xkcd.com/3159/

Shielding Chart xkcd.com/3158/

Nos hace mucha ilusión anunciar a 🥁... Luís F Seoane, Institute for Evolutionary Biology (UPF-CSIC) @brigan.bsky.social como conferenciante invitado. Os esperamos el 21-23 enero 2026 en Sevilla! 👉 Envía tu abstract hasta el 30 Oct 2025 cs3.es/conference-2...

#Hemispherotomy is a surgical treatment for #epilepsy by disconnecting a portion of the #cortex. Michele Colombo, Jacopo Favaro, @anilseth.bsky.social, Marcello Massimini &co show that the isolated cortex has #EEG patterns resembling deep #sleep or #anesthesia @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/3J9ci8X

Physics Paths xkcd.com/3155/

My newest for The New Yorker! I wrote about the project, centuries-old and surprisingly successful at times, of recovering lost mythologies that still resonate in modern storytelling.

Investigar también es contar historias. Nuestra investigadora y directora, @lmprida.bsky.social , ha publicado CEREBRO, ESPACIO Y TIEMPO 📚✨ Un viaje por cómo el cerebro traza mapas, recuerda caminos y habita el tiempo. Orgullo Cajal💜 #Neurociencia #Divulgación #InstitutoCajal

Mathematicians have recently made strides toward understanding the behavior of ocean waves, a topic that has entranced scholars since ancient Greece. Now, a team of Italian researchers has proved a major conjecture about when waves die and when they don’t. www.quantamagazine.org/the-hidden-m...

Global markets are complex systems, shaped by feedback loops, shocks, and adaptive behavior, rarely following textbook rules. A special issue on complexity economics in the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization explores how this approach offers tools for today’s challenges. santafe.edu/news

Can general artificial intelligence emerge by not following the evolution of complex brains? In this 2022 paper with @brigan.bsky.social we argued that embodiment, mind reading (mirror systems), mental time traveling... are necessary conditions www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/24... @anilseth.bsky.social

Origami crease patterns such as those used to fold a paper crane reveal hidden secrets about the amplituhedron, a shape that physicists use to calculate particle collisions. www.quantamagazine.org/origami-patt...

"The market is rigged!!“ | infiniteunknown.net/2025/10/11/s...

The level of destruction and erasure in the Gaza Strip is simply incredible. North Gaza, before and after:

Empezamos a anunciar nuestra lista de invitados con 🥁... Susanna Manrubia, @mncn-csic.bsky.social Encantados de tenerla en la 4º reunión de la Sociedad Española de Sistemas Complejos! 🗓️ 21-23 enero 2026 |📍Sevilla ✏️Contribuciones abiertas hasta el 30 Oct 2025 🌐 cs3.es/conference-2...

La perversión de los algoritmos y por qué Internet no deja nada al azar: “En ChatGPT hay vacíos de información adrede” www.eldiario.es/128_bf958b?u...

Measure Twice, Cut Once xkcd.com/3149/

Nada que resuma mellor o que acontece en Gaza que este artigo de Xosé Manuel Pereiro @sihomesi.bsky.social en @ctxt.es. Un anaco de historia Xornalismo puro. Lo reconocemos cuando lo vemos ctxt.es/es/20250901/...

How dit life originate in our planet? How can we create it in the lab?Our @royalsocietypublishing.org Theme Issue "Origins of Life: the possible and the actual", coedited with @sfiscience.bsky.social C Kempes and Susan Stepney is out! royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/202... @manlius.bsky.social

“I think chimpanzees have helped people understand that we are part of and not separated from the animal kingdom, and that has opened the way to having respect for the other amazing beings with whom we share the planet.” —Jane Goodall, @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/jane...

Fred Brown Playa de Scarborough

¿El fin del pensamiento científico? ✒️ @gisbanos.bsky.social 👉 @culturacientifica.com culturacientifica.com/2025/09/18/e...

Question Mark xkcd.com/3143/