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j.carlock @jrncarlock.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

There's no love in a carbon atom, no hurricane in a water molecule, no financial collapse in a dollar bill, no AI in a chain of bits. —Modified from Peter Dodds’ @peterdodds original quote in Complexity Explained: complexityexplained.github.io

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Rebecca Gillan @rgillan.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Our Focus Collection on Statistical Physics of Artificial and Biological Neural Networks is open for submissions Guest Editors: Federica Gerace, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna and Francesca Mignacco, Princeton University & CUNY Graduate Center iopscience.iop.org/collections/...

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Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Ever wonder what "information" really means? Here's our new paper, led by @frosas.bsky.social, that lays out the multiple ways the term is used in natural science. rdcu.be/fCDGv

A chart describing four faces of information: Engineering, Statistical, Thermodynamic, and Ontological.

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j.carlock @jrncarlock.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

In 2026, we celebrate the fifth anniversary of "Corruption Networks" (Springer, 2021), co-edited with Oscar M. Granados. This book brings together innovative research on the analysis of corruption from a networks and complex systems perspective. Available here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

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j.carlock @jrncarlock.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

New in Arxiv: "Globally distributed environmental justice resistance against extractive corporate networks" with Dario Cottafava, Marcel Llavero-Pasquina and Joan Martínez-Alier. PDF: arxiv.org/abs/2603.29722

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j.carlock @jrncarlock.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

New on the Arxiv: "Fragmented Movements, Connected Opponents: Analyzing the Interconnectivity of Firms and Environmental Justice Organizations in Global Socio-Environmental Conflicts" with Dario Cottafava and Marcel Llavero-Pasquina. Check it out! Arxiv: arxiv.org/abs/2603.29722

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j.carlock @jrncarlock.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Presentación de nuestro trabajo en “Fantasmas del Erario” sobre empresas fachada en las compras federales de México (2002-2022) @quintoelab y ganador del premio internacional de periodismo Sigma 2026. Seminario del ComplexityLab del @C3UNAM YouTube: m.youtube.com/watch?v=RIqL...

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Redes, Crimen y Corrupción

YouTube video by Centro de Ciencias de la Complejidad

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j.carlock @jrncarlock.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

New in ArXiv: "Unequal Access to Power in Corruption Networks: Evidence from Colombia" with Giovanna Rodríguez García and María Elizabeth Mesa-Pineda. PDF: arxiv.org/abs/2607.00242

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j.carlock @jrncarlock.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

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Redes, Crimen y Corrupción

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Complexity Cat 🐱 @amahury.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Many physicists from the most prestigious institutions, whose papers are the most cited, do the same with biology. As a result, we have a flood of grants going to theories based on the erroneous premise that living beings "become more complex", or that life is "optimizing something," among others.

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Complexity myths and the misappropriation of evolutionary theory | PNAS

Recent papers by physicists, chemists, and geologists lay claim to the discovery of new principles of evolution that have somehow eluded over a cen...

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Manlio De Domenico @manlius.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Do you have strong opinions about the foundational concepts of Complex Systems and Network Science? Help us map the intellectual landscape of the field: manliodedomenico.com/complexity_m... 🧵 1/

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j.carlock @jrncarlock.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

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Elise Cutts @elisecutts.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

What is your favorite thing anyone has done with the Ising model?

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j.carlock @jrncarlock.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

This year marks a decade since I published my first scientific article, “Fractality à la carte: a general particle aggregation model” (Scientific Reports, 2016). Give it a check! Open access: doi.org/10.1038/srep...

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Tiago Peixoto @tiago.skewed.de · 23/02/2026

New blog post: "Higher orders need higher standards" skewed.de/lab/posts/hi... I discuss our current work disentangling misconceptions around "higher-order" networks: arxiv.org/abs/2602.16937 Explainer thread for the paper here: bsky.app/profile/tiag...

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Higher orders need higher standards – Inverse Complexity Lab

Research group on inverse problems in complex systems and network science.

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Manlio De Domenico @manlius.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Using hypergraphs for your data? Believing that hypergraphs “generalize” standard graphs to “higher order” structures? Maybe you are conflating structure with mechanism, and this podcast is for you! 🎧 Spotify: creators.spotify.com/pod/show/com... 🎧 Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

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Hiroki Sayama @hirokisayama.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

A long-overdue interactive version finally done (Huge thanks to Google Gemini) Complex Systems Topic Network: Interactive Visualization bingdev.binghamton.edu/sayama/compl...

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PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

*The architecture of living systems* Ambitious treatment of the physics of living systems Some quibbles but impressive! iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... #complexsystems

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Manlio De Domenico @manlius.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Network Medicine is entering a new phase: one that demands we rethink how we study, model and ultimately treat complex diseases. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #ComplexSystems #NetworkScience #Medicine #MedSky 🧪🧬🌐 🧵 1/

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Ricard Solé @ricardsole.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

How “intelligent” is a slime mold? When it solves mazes, it might not be thinking:it’s obeying physics. Our new paper with @jordiplam.bsky.social shows how it follows a least action principle,letting physics do the job arxiv.org/pdf/2511.08531 @drmichaellevin.bsky.social @docteur-drey.bsky.social

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Ricard Solé @ricardsole.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

What if we could chart all cell types across the tree of life? In @nature.com, @arnausebe.bsky.social and colls launch the Biodiversity Cell Atlas, a global effort to map eukaryotic cell diversity using single-cell & genomic data. drive.google.com/file/d/1G4zZ... @crg.eu @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social

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Simone Conradi @sconradi.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

The Bak-Sneppen model: species in a circle, each with random fitness. Replace the weakest species (and its neighbors) with new random values. Cascading evolutionary avalanches emerge, showing self-organized criticality from simple rules. Made with #python #numpy #matplotlib

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Ricard Solé @ricardsole.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

What is the physical basis of death? Can we manipulate cellular rules to avoid it? What does death mean for a machine? Is immortality possible? What does it mean for language, thought, or information to die? My new book @princetonupress.bsky.social is coming soon. press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

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Brennan Klein @jkbren.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Come join us in Boston this summer! It's the 20-year anniversary of one of my absolute favorite conferences — we'll be planning some exciting events/discussions to celebrate how far this field has come and where it might go next. Watch this space: www.netsci2026.com

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j.carlock @jrncarlock.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

In complex systems, linear tools fail against nonlinear phenomena. You can’t fight smoke with a sword, nor bite water with your teeth—because complexity dissolves brute force. It demands sensitivity, adaptability, and systemic understanding. #complexity

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Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Postdoc job! I expect to have an opening at Johns Hopkins for a postdoctoral researcher working somewhere in the broad realms of physics, philosophy, and complexity. Apply at Academic Jobs Online: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30496

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Johns Hopkins University, Physics and Astronomy

Job #AJO30496, Postdoctoral Fellow in Foundations of Physics, Complexity, and Emergence, Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, US

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Sune Lehmann @sunelehmann.com · 04/09/2025

Super excited about our new paper on mobility that's out in Nature Human Behavior www.nature.com/articles/s41... I love this paper for many reasons, but one is that we find beautiful 1/x power-law that spans 6 orders of magnitude hidden within the "ugly" distribution raw mobility data.

A very straight line on a loglog plot. So straight that even Aaron Clauset would call this a power-law

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Melanie Mitchell @melaniemitchell.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Very cool postdoc opportunity (at intersection of physics, philosophy, and complex systems) ⬇️

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Ricard Solé @ricardsole.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Why is universality such a central concept in complex systems? How does it connect Turing Machines and Spin Systems? In this new paper, Tomáš Gonda and @gemmadlc.bsky.social present an accessible account on how to identify and compare different universalities arxiv.org/pdf/2406.16607

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j.carlock @jrncarlock.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Two relevant and classic Special Issues on Complexity: (1) Science (Volume 284, Issue 5411, 1999): www.science.org/toc/science/... (2) Nature Physics (Volume 8, No 1, 2012): www.nature.com/collections/...

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Ricard Solé @ricardsole.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

What is emergence? This is one of the most central ingredients of complexity, and a challenging one to formalize. Here's a paper by @seanmcarroll.bsky.social & Achyth Parola that attempts to classify different forms of emergence. @manlius.bsky.social @sfiscience.bsky.social arxiv.org/pdf/2410.15468

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j.carlock @jrncarlock.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Complexity science is multidisciplinary in structure, interdisciplinary in practice and transdisciplinary in purpose. #complexity

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Ricard Solé @ricardsole.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

What is complexity? Complex Systems made of many interacting units display "emergence", i.e. global properties that cannot be reduced to the properties of the units. A new idea? WM Wheeler was one of the advocates of emergence, back in 1927 @sfiscience.bsky.social books.google.es/books/about/...

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Simone Conradi @sconradi.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Julia set using Lagrangian Descriptor Made with #python #numpy #matplotlib

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j.carlock @jrncarlock.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

[Update] Complexity ideas bipartite network. Data from the book "Complexity: 5 Questions" (2008) by Carlos Gershenson @cgershen.bsky.social The data and a high resolution figure are available here: github.com/jrncarlock/r... The book is available here: www.researchgate.net/publication/...

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Complexity Science Hub @csh.ac.at · 15/07/2025

🌟 Want to become part of a vibrant and international scientific community? Whether you’re just starting your career or bring years of experience, the Complexity Science Hub offers many ways to grow scientifically and collaborate across disciplines.

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j.carlock @jrncarlock.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Complexity, as a inherent quality of reality (interconnectedness), is a reminder that nature and knowledge go beyond our disciplinary labels. Science works according to disciplines, but reality just doesn't care (paraphrasing Feynman). #complexity #epistemology

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j.carlock @jrncarlock.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

The origin of the universe, life, and consciousness are fundamental mysteries at the heart of human inquiry. While science has made progress, there is still no universal consensus. These remain frontiers of knowledge, deeply tied to humanity’s quest to understand existence itself. #Complexity

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