At each
level of complexity in nature, “entirely new properties appear,” wrote Nobel
Laureate Philip Anderson in 1972.
In other words, we should expect new scientific
foundations to emerge from complex systems.

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If Oaks and Orchids Could Talk
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Celebrating the Relationship Between Science and Illustration
A conversation with Society of Illustrators executive director Arabelle Liepold -
The Extraordinary, Imperiled Science at the End of the Earth
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Breaking a Cycle of Apocalypse
John Larison’s new novel The Ancients suggests some societies are built for cataclysm