Articles by Santa Fe Institute

High polarization and low risk perception can make top-down policies backfire

Researchers examine how scale affects factors like tuition, research production, and teaching salaries

A new approach for estimating prehistoric populations that uses Bayesian reasoning and a flexible probability model

Researchers argue that in order to recognize life’s full range of forms, we must develop a new theoretical frame

The study advances the debate in ecology over the relationship between species diversity and ecosystem stability

Despite the near-universal assumption of individuality in biology, there is little agreement about what individuals are, researchers say

While scientists have long known about an unusual pattern in the fossil record, they have struggled to explain it

On a certain level, extinction is all about energy

Understanding natural variation in these responses could have important agricultural applications in challenging environments.