Analysing human societies as complex systems can provide an insight into historical processes and the strengths and weaknesses of capitalism. Complex systems theory is a scientific theory coming out ...

In geopolitical terms, catastrophe theory explains the breaks in world order—the sudden realignments that redefine history. Chaos theory, by contrast, explains the turbulence that precedes and follows ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. A few centuries ago, the swirling polychromatic chaos of Jupiter’s atmosphere spawned the immense vortex that we call the Great Red Spot ...

Theoretical chemists have developed a theory that can predict the threshold at which quantum dynamics switches from 'orderly' to 'random,' as shown through research using large-scale computations on ...

Modeling complex systems When studying complex biological systems such as the immune system, scientists can extract many different types of data. Sequencing cell genomes tells them which gene variants ...

A new AI framework improves management of complex systems with unequal decision-makers, like smart grids, traffic networks, and autonomous vehicles. A new artificial intelligence breakthrough ...

Much like an overexploited ecosystem, the increasingly polarized political landscape in the United States — and much of the world — is experiencing a catastrophic loss of diversity that threatens the ...