CNET: Why Black Holes Smashing Together Could Settle an Astronomical Dispute
Quoting SFI Science Board Fellow David Gross.
News + Events
The latest news and events at the Santa Fe Institute
Year
The Conversation: Why are bigger animals more energy-efficient? A new answer to a centuries-old biological puzzle
Referencing research by SFI Faculty Geoffrey West and External Faculty Brian Enquist.
The Manual: A Conversation with Josh Wolfe: Macro, Mentors, Motivation
Highlighting SFI Trustee Josh Wolfe.
Cosmopod: A life in Marxist Economics and Education with Sam Bowles
Spotlighting SFI Faculty Sam Bowles.
University of Texas at Austin: Delays in Contact Tracing Impeded Early COVID-19 Containment
Quoting SFI External Faculty Lauren Ancel Meyers.
Zipe Education: What Is Planck’s Constant, and Why Does the Universe Depend on It?
Quoting SFI External Faculty Fred Cooper.
The Boston Globe: Experts say waste water testing, crucial for COVID-19, could be useful for monkeypox — and the next big disease
Quoting SFI External Faculty Sam Scarpino.
Live Science: Why is there so much biodiversity in the tropics?
Highlighting research of SFI External Faculty Andrew Dobson.
The Guardian: Despite climate, war and Covid, is everything actually…getting better?
Referencing the research of SFI External Faculty Aaron Clauset.
The 20 Minute VC: 13 of the Great Investing Minds on When to Pay Up vs When To Remain Disciplined and Walk Because the Price is too High
Includes thoughts of SFI Trustee Bill Gurley.
NPR: These photos are shedding new light on how fireflies interact with the world
Spotlighting research by SFI External Faculty Orit Peleg.
Physics World: Babies have an innate understanding of symmetry
Quoting SFI Co-Founder Philip Anderson.
Citywire: Four things poker taught me about investing
Referencing thoughts of SFI Trustee Michael Mauboussin.
Fast Company: Small nuclear reactors finally get the nod from regulators, but they still have a lot to prove
Quoting SFI Trustee Josh Wolfe.
Bloomberg Opinion: The Omicron BA.5 Wave Is Starting to Ebb. We Need to Know Why.
Quoting SFI External Faculty Sam Scarpino.
NBC News: Study Finds Having Wealthy Friends Can Help People Escape Poverty
Highlighting research by SFI External Faculty Matthew Jackson.
McKinsey & Company: 2022 summer reading guide from leaders, authors, and editors
Includes "Scale" by SFI Faculty and Past President Geoffrey West, and "The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt’s New World" by SFI External Faculty Andrea Wulf.
American Psychological Association: Can we unlearn implicit biases?
Spotlighting SFI External Faculty Mahzarin Banaji.
Yahoo News: AI predicts crime a week before it happens
Referencing research by SFI External Faculty James Evans.
Science Times: New Anti-Crime AI Algorithm Predicts Activities One Week Ahead With 90% Accuracy, Reveals Bias in Police Work
Quoting SFI External Faculty Jame Evans.