Can we build a definitive science of stories? This week, a transdisciplinary group at SFI is asking: What if we treated stories as data? As networks? As science? “Stories are storehouses of knowledge, but they are also instruments of power,” says Peter Dodds, SFI External

Build intuition for the behavior of nonlinear systems using animated visuals and paradigmatic examples from across the physical and biological sciences🌡️🌦️🐰🦊🦋🌉🌲 A Visual Approach to Nonlinear Dynamics from SFI Professor Sid Redner https://t.co/pXdctGMKG9

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Applications are now open to join Scott and SFI External Professor John Miller for an intensive two-week study of computational social science modeling and complexity in Santa Fe in summer 2026. For more information and to apply:

A new piece from SFI External Professor Scott Page in collaboration with Brookings explores the physics of collective intelligence in the age of AI.

Applications open for SFI’s 2026 CSSS Journalism Fellowship. Each year, two accomplished journalists join the Complex Systems Summer School for an immersive, residential experience in complexity science. Fellows attend lectures, take part in group projects, and put routine

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Applications are open for SFI’s 2026 summer education programs.  Three residential programs in Santa Fe, NM, offering research and training opportunities in complexity science: – Undergraduate Complexity Research (UCR) / Ten-week research experience for undergraduates. Apply by

Are you an early-career researcher or research professional with a broad interest in complexity science? Applications are open for SFI’s 2026 Complex Systems Summer School (CSSS), a three-week, in-residence program offering an intensive introduction to complex behavior in

Congratulations to SFI Professor Melanie Mitchell (@MelMitchell1), a winner of the 2025 National Academies Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications (@SciCommAwards). Mitchell is recognized for her writing and podcasting on topics related to AI and

Catch up on our most recent Community Lecture: “Transmission Versus Truth: What Will It Take to Make an AI as Smart as a 4-Year-Old?” with Alison Gopnik.  This was the last of six community lectures for 2025, and all are available to watch on SFI’s YouTube channel. Watch here:

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Tomorrow: the final event in SFI’s 2025 Community Lecture Series! Join us for Alison Gopnik's lecture, “Transmission Versus Truth: What Will It Take to Make an AI as Smart as a 4-Year-Old?” —  7:30 pm at  The Lensic Performing Arts Center. Gopnik explores how childhood,

Complexity science can help archaeologists understand how the everyday actions of ancient people accumulated into the large-scale patterns we excavate today. In her new book, Thinking Through Archaeological Complexity, SFI External Professor Stefani Crabtree (Utah State

In this SFI Seminar, Scott Aaronson (University of Texas at Austin) explores the limits of mathematical knowability — from Gödel’s Incompleteness Theorem and Turing’s uncomputability to the astonishing growth of the Busy Beaver function and the future possibilities of quantum

Reserve your free tickets to SFI’s next Community Lecture with renowned developmental psychologist Alison Gopnik, “Transmission Versus Truth: What Will It Take to Make an AI as Smart as a 4-Year-Old?” — October 21 at @TheLensic  Gopnik argues there is no single “general

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Origins of Life is back 🦋🪱🦠🪸🪺🌻 Enroll now:

Computation in Complex Systems from SFI Professor Cris Moore is open for enrollment in a new always available format 🖥️⏰✨ Enroll now:

Our popular introduction to Nonlinear Dynamics is free and always available. Enroll now!

Catch up on our most recent Community Lecture: "Machining the Ghost: Ideating in the Age of AI" with Dan Rockmore. This was the fifth of six community lectures for 2025, and all are available to watch on SFI’s YouTube channel. Watch here: https://t.co/ZSkiRs9hUG

Was October 7, 2023 foretold in the Bible? This short PragerU documentary, adapted from Dinesh D’Souza’s feature-length film The Dragon’s Prophecy, reveals the stunning connections.

Tomorrow: the 5th event in SFI’s 2025 Community Lecture Series! Join us at the Lensic Performing Arts Center for Dan Rockmore’s lecture, “Machining the Ghost: Ideating in the Age of AI” — 7:30pm. Free tickets: https://t.co/479XFulw55 or watch the live stream on SFI’s YouTube

Did you miss SFI’s 30th Ulam Lectures with Nobel Laureate Venki Ramakrishnan? They're now available to watch on SFI’s YouTube channel. Two lectures on the molecular machinery of life and the science of aging. Watch here: Night 1 - https://t.co/Uy4GWoXgDy Night 2 -

Reserve your free tickets to SFI’s Community Lecture with Dan Rockmore, presenting “Machining the Ghost: Ideating in the Age of AI” on September 16 at the Lensic Performing Arts Center! Generative AI — from large language models to algorithms that create images — is reshaping