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Study: When a group must solve hard problems, it's best to design the team around its learning style
Nature CommunicationsWhat is the best way for a group to collaborate on solving a difficult problem? A new study finds that the answer depends on how that particular group learns.
Study: Medieval cities not so different from modern European cities
PLOS OneModern European cities and medieval cities share a population-density-to-area relationship, a new paper concludes – the latest research to find regularities in human settlement patterns across space and time.
SFI Community Lecture October 18: Jordan Ellenberg on the power of uncertainty and contradiction
During an SFI Community Lecture on Tuesday evening, October 18, in Santa Fe, mathematician Jordan Ellenberg will explore how math can help us think about the seemingly non-mathematical matters that dominate our lives.
Do 'green' vehicles cost more? Not in the long run, study finds
A new study led by SFI External Professor Jessika Trancik finds that low-emission cars aren't more expensive over their life cycles than conventional internal combustion vehicles, contrary to widespread belief.
Video: Watch Seth Lloyd's 2016 Ulam Lectures: Birth, collapse, and rebirth at The Information Edge
In two lectures, Seth Lloyd explores what happens when one system gains an advantage in collecting and processing information – an advantage he believes underlies all creation and destruction in our universe. Watch his lectures here.
Presidential debate science: In a race to the center, candidates split on pronouns
They and We. I am and We are. According to an overnight analysis of Monday evening's presidential debate by SFI's Simon DeDeo, the strongest distinction between Clinton and Trump was not what, but who.
What kind of human-AI hybrid do we wish to become?
NautilusIn Nautilus, SFI President David Krakauer takes a critical look at artificial intelligence in light of humanity's long tradition of using tools to augment cognition -- and our more recent, perhaps darker tendency to let them do the thinking for us.
Watch the video of Rosalind Picard's SFI Community Lecture
During an SFI Community Lecture in Santa Fe, Rosalind Picard reveals some of the surprises she has discovered at the intersection of human emotion and wearable tech. Watch her talk here.
Powerful new metric quickly reveals network structure at multiple scales
Scientific ReportsToday, three researchers introduce a new method that reveals interesting and sometime surprising structures in networks, from power grids to the internet, at the micro, macro, and in-between scales.
Apply now for the Omidyar Fellowship
The Omidyar Postdoctoral Fellowship program is looking for creative thinkers to spend two to three years at the Santa Fe Institute. Apply here before October 30.
Audio: SFI's Krakauer on information, order, computation, & intelligence
On the popular podcast "Waking Up with Sam Harris," SFI President David Krakauer weighs in on whether your brain is an information processor. It is, he says, because it converts disorder to order.
Register now for SFI's new short course: Exploring Complexity in Health and Medicine
The Santa Fe Institute is accepting registrations for its newest short course, Exploring Complexity in Health and Medicine, October 12-14 in Santa Fe. NEW: CME credits available.
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