RSS Channels IndexDoes Including Parasites Upset Food Web Theory? Yes and No, Says New Paper
A new paper in PLOS Biology this week shows that taking the unusual step of including parasites in ecological datasets does alter the structure of resulting food webs, but that's mostly due to an increase in diversity and complexity rather than the...
6/14/2013 1:10 PM EDT
Study Suggests Homeric Epics Were Written in 762 BCE, Give or Take
One of literature’s oldest mysteries is a step closer to being solved. A new study dates Homer's The Iliad to 762 BCE and adds a quantitative means of testing ideas about history by analyzing the evolution of language.
2/27/2013 4:50 PM EST
How Men and Women Organize Their (Online) Social Networks Differently
A new quantitative study of data assembled from the online multiplayer game Pardus examines ways men and women manage their social networks drastically different, even online.
2/7/2013 9:00 AM EST
Research Seeks Data to Help Preserve Landscapes on Which Indigenous Human Groups Depend
Research by a Santa Fe Institute researcher and his collaborators at the University of Missouri seeks better data that could help preserve the threatened landscapes on which indigenous human groups depend.
12/12/2012 1:55 PM EST
Was Life Inevitable? New Paper Pieces Together Metabolism’s Beginnings
Two Santa Fe Institute researchers offer a coherent picture of how metabolism, and thus all life, arose. Their paper offers new insights into the likelihood of life emerging and evolving as it did on Earth, and the chances of it arising elsewhere in...
12/12/2012 12:30 PM EST
Scientists Take First Step Toward a Science of Slums
A new research project at the Santa Fe Institute, in collaboration with Slum Dwellers International and backed by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, seeks to initiate a scientific study of urban slums worldwide.
12/12/2012 12:25 PM EST
The Santa Fe Institute Announces the Expansion of Its Omidyar Fellowship in 2013
The Santa Fe Institute's highly successful Omidyar Fellows program for interdisciplinary postdocs will be expanded in 2013, with enhancements designed to sharpen the program’s focus on preparing promising early-career scientists to lead...
11/13/2012 2:35 PM EST
When Leaving Your Wealth to Your Sister's Sons Makes Sense
In some human societies, men transfer their wealth to their sister's sons, a practice that puzzles evolutionary biologists. A new study by SFI's Laura Fortunato has produced insights into "matrilineal inheritance."
10/16/2012 3:20 PM EDT