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Climate Macroscope: New Software for Finding Tipping Points and Critical Network Structures

WASHINGTON, D.C., November 17, 2015 – If you wanted to know whether shifts in the African climate during Paleolithic times correlated with the appearance and disappearance of […]

Mathematically Modeling the Mind

WASHINGTON, D.C., October 20, 2015 — Try to remember a phone number, and you’re using what’s called your sequential memory. This kind of memory, in which your […]

A New Litmus Test for Chaos?

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 28, 2015 — Does the flap of a butterfly’s wings in Brazil set off a tornado in Texas? This intriguing question — the title […]

Chaos is an Inherent Part of City Traffic

WASHINGTON, DC, July 21, 2015 – It’s not unusual for two drivers to depart from the same location, head out to the same destination, drive more or […]

The Physics of Swimming Fish

WASHINGTON, D.C., June 23, 2015 — Fish may seem to glide effortlessly through the water, but the tiny ripples they leave behind as they wriggle their way […]

How Atmospheric Rivers Form

WASHINGTON, DC, June 9, 2015 – If you want to assign blame on an overcast day, then cast your eyes on the tropics. Water vapor originating from […]

Using Twitter to Probe Political Polarization

WASHINGTON, DC, March 31, 2015 – We’d like to believe that our opinions are nuanced, balanced, high-minded, wise and above all, unique, but alas they are not […]

Predicting the Extent of Flash Flooding

WASHINGTON, D.C., March 10, 2015 — Devastating floodwaters such as those experienced during Iowa’s Flood of 2008 — which swamped many Iowa communities, along with ten square […]

Diabetes: Complexity Lost

WASHINGTON, D.C., September 23, 2014 — For millions of people in the United States living with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes, measuring the daily rise and […]