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Paul Davies and Stuart Kauffman discuss Kauffman's work in the context of the upcoming conference "Science and Ultimate Reality" at Princeton University...[more]

"Simple" bacteria, coping with adverse growth conditions, show unexpected sophistication. It seems as if the bacterial colony can not only compute better than the best parallel computers we have, but can also think and even be creative...[more]

A study by Volodymyr Dvornyk et al. demonstrates that cyanobacterial genes involved in circadian rhythm control mutate faster under severe environmental stress...[more]

Sanjay Jain and Sandeep Krishna propose that innovation and keystone species play important roles in the causes of extinctions and recoveries in a molecular network model system ... [more]

Recent studies reveal that relationships among the volvocine algae are more complex than was previously believed, but these organisms provide excellent model systems to probe postulated pathways of evolution to multicellularity ... [more]

Daniel Jones reviews two new books which, in his words, exemplify the "end of the beginning" for sociobiology and evolutionary psychology. Jones concludes that the use of evolution to understand human nature, though maybe not yet "triumphant", is certainly becoming "part of the wider intellectual culture." ... [more]

The Fourth International Conference on Complex Systems (ICCS 2002): Abstract Deadline Friday, February 15th. This conference is an unusual opportunity to form collaborations and discuss advances in complex systems research. Registering to attend the conference without giving a presentation is also still possible... [more]