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The Puzzle of How Large-Scale Order Emerges in Complex Systems

The Puzzle of How Large-Scale Order Emerges in Complex Systems

Albert Wagner

A complex system exhibits emergence, according to the new framework, by organizing itself into a hierarchy of levels that each ...

Enough With the Arrogant Attitudes Towards Extreme Heat

Enough With the Arrogant Attitudes Towards Extreme Heat

Albert Wagner

This story originally appeared on Vox and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A 4-month-old died in Arizona as ...

Underground moon cave could become an astronaut base, scientists say – National

Underground moon cave could become an astronaut base, scientists say – National

Albert Wagner

Astronauts may one day set up camp in caves on the moon, according to research highlighting the existence of the ...

How well can AI chatbots mimic doctors in a treatment setting?

How well can AI chatbots mimic doctors in a treatment setting?

Craig Fedirighi

Dr. Scott Gottlieb is a physician and served as the 23rd Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. He ...

The New UK Government Wants Clean Energy, Sustainable Aviation Fuel, and Public Transport Reform

The New UK Government Wants Clean Energy, Sustainable Aviation Fuel, and Public Transport Reform

Albert Wagner

The new Labour government in the UK set out its legislative priorities today after winning a landslide election on July ...

B.C.-made material to be used by Max Space, NASA for habitats on moon

B.C.-made material to be used by Max Space, NASA for habitats on moon

Albert Wagner

A small West Coast company is helping astronauts return to the moon in 2026. ALUULA Composites has signed on to ...

Everything You See Is a Computational Process, If You Know How to Look

Everything You See Is a Computational Process, If You Know How to Look

Albert Wagner

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In the movie Oppenheimer, Niels Bohr challenges the physicist early in his ...

Climate change made June heat wave up to 10 times more likely, scientists say – National

Climate change made June heat wave up to 10 times more likely, scientists say – National

Albert Wagner

The above-normal temperatures in Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic Canada were made two to 10 times more likely as a result ...

Starliner astronauts in good spirits, ‘confident’ they’ll return to Earth safely – National

Starliner astronauts in good spirits, ‘confident’ they’ll return to Earth safely – National

Albert Wagner

The astronauts aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft are confident they’ll get back to Earth safely aboard the vessel, despite weeks of ...

How to Build a Hurricane-Proof House

How to Build a Hurricane-Proof House

Albert Wagner

The views from the lot were so great that she had the idea of building a circular house, so that ...