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Melanie Mitchell @melaniemitchell.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Back in the 1980s-2000s, there was an organization called Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility that worked to oppose irresponsible and dangerous uses of computers in warfare. Maybe it needs a reboot, in our new age of AI. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compute...

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Santa Fe Institute @sfiscience.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

In this SFI Seminar, Seth Frey from the University of California, Davis, shares observational, experimental, and modeling research on how social systems can change in unpredictable ways, especially when power within a system shifts to power over the system. Watch Frey’s seminar:

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Giving Groups Control Over the Rules of the Game, in Simulation, in the Lab, and in the Wild

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Ricard Solé @ricardsole.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Could the logic of life be shaped by the architecture of biological circuitry? In this paper, @manlius.bsky.social shows how genetic, metabolic, and social networks can govern slow evolutionary dynamics in a unified nonequilibrium framework. iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

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Santa Fe Institute @sfiscience.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

SFI’s GWCSS program is designed for Ph.D. students pursuing thesis research in computational social science. Participants work closely with peers and faculty to advance their own research and take part in collaborative complexity-based problem solving. Apply by Feb 4, 2026 santafe.edu/gwcss

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Ricard Solé @ricardsole.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Can a single mathematical edxpression capture the whole spectrum of shapes that can exist? An attempt towards the "super formula" was made in this paper by Johan Gielis, revealing a novel and powerful way to study universal natural forms & phenomena. @manlius.bsky.social @jordipinero.bsky.social

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Ricard Solé @ricardsole.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Why does life explore so few of the forms it could possibly take? Using fractal descriptors, this #scienceadvances paper shows that Earth’s biosphere clusters around simple shapes, reflecting deep evolutionary constraints. @artemyte.bsky.social @manlius.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1...

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Alfredo González-Espinoza @spiralizing.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

I loved this game when I was a kid! (The old one)

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Alfredo González-Espinoza @spiralizing.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Yes, because (in my interpretation): 1) natural language is not precise 2) we take a long time to find the words that make more sense to what is happening in our minds

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Brad Wyble @bwyble.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

We recently published a theoretical review about how compositional and generative mechanisms in working memory provide a flexible engine for creative perception and imagery. Pre-print: osf.io/preprints/ps... Paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Illustration of the hypothesized flows of information between perception, memory and cognitive control in a conceptual model of working memory. Stimuli attributes are processed to varying degrees of abstraction and parts of these representations can be loaded into working memory under the guidance of cognitive control. Familiar stimuli such as the letter B activate visually abstract representations while less familiar stimuli are limited to sensory representations. Information can be shifted both up and down levels of the perceptual hierarchy to build either more or less abstract representations of either perceived or imagined stimuli. Working memories can be shifted into or out of the hierarchy as needed.

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Carnegie Mellon University Libraries @library.cmu.edu · 18/08/2025

As part of his research into energy affordability for U.S. households, a Ph.D. candidate reached out to the Data & Code Support team for help with his data. He was paired with one of our amazing Data & Code consultants, Alfredo González-Espinoza (@spiralizing.bsky.social). Read more: bit.ly/4726HuK

Research Data Services Librarian Alfredo González-Espinoza

“I believe the Data & Code Support Service is incredibly beneficial and important.”

“My current research involves computationally intense data analysis, but there’s no centralized support for data quality or management within my lab group or department. Since discovering this service last summer, it has become an essential resource I rely on regularly.”

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Lee Phillips @badphysicist.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Need your #code to be faster but don’t want to use Fortran or C? Learn #Julia, the modern language for #HPC, with a high-quality book. Here are some options: lee-phillips.org/amazonJuliaB... #julialang - its speed and friendly syntax is taking it beyond #science into #finance and other areas.

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Nintendo Metro @nintendometro.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Club Nintendo (México) #2, Jan '92 - 'Super Mario World' Cover.

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Manlio De Domenico @manlius.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

What is alive? what is dead? Before multicellularity, cooperation, etc, there are the thermodynamic constraints. @ricardsole.bsky.social

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Carnegie Mellon University Libraries @library.cmu.edu · 06/06/2025

A national study put out by our incredible team of librarians is shedding light on how libraries are keeping up with the fast-changing world of #OpenScience. The study appears last month in The Journal of Academic Librarianship. 💻 Read the full story here: library.cmu.edu/about/news/2...

The Open at CMU team at Carnegie Mellon University Libraries supports researchers in making their work more transparent, accessible, and reproducible by providing expertise in open science, open data, open access publishing, and open-source software.

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New papers in Network Science @networkspapers.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Commun. Phys.: Evidence of equilibrium dynamics in human social networks evolving in time www.nature.com/articles/s42005-025-…

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Manlio De Domenico @manlius.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Physical devices operating out of equilibrium are affected by thermal fluctuations, limiting their operational precision Coherent quantum dynamics can surpass the traditional thermodynamic precision limits, guiding development of future high-precision quantum devices www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Precision is not limited by the second law of thermodynamics - Nature Physics

Clock precision is thought to be fundamentally limited by entropy production in out-of-equilibrium systems. A theoretical work now introduces a quantum clock design where precision grows exponentially...

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 02/06/2025

Check Engine xkcd.com/3096/

Comic. [yellow sphere with icon that reads, CHECK ENGINE] [caption] This new sunspot cluster has raised concern among astronomers.

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Carnegie Mellon University Libraries @library.cmu.edu · 02/06/2025

In this month's installment of our Discover & Discuss series, we explore books and movies on the topic of blending #AI into our lives, while retaining the skills and knowledge that makes us human. 👩‍💻🤖👨‍💻 💻 View eBooks + streaming videos available at the Libraries: library.cmu.edu/about/news/2...

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New papers in Network Science @networkspapers.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Phys. Rev. E: Biased random walks on networks with stochastic resetting link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevE.1…

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Manlio De Domenico @manlius.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Geometry induced by network-driven processes used to find functional rich clubs in #ComplexSystems The method also identifies non-rich nodes which are crucial for information flows btw rich nodes. Plus? It has a clear statistical interpretation. 🧪🧠🧬🪰 #NetSky journals.aps.org/prresearch/a...

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Neil Shubin @neilshubin.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

New paper from the lab: Our teeth arose as sensory organs on the outside of the body of ancient jawless fish.!! Congrats to Yara Haridy and the team! Background and video: phys.org/news/2025-05... Open Access Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41... News and Views: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Teeth first evolved as sensory tissue in the armored exoskeletons of ancient fish, fossil scans find

Anyone who has ever squirmed through a dental cleaning can tell you how sensitive teeth can be. This sensitivity gives important feedback about temperature, pressure—and yes, pain—as we bite and chew ...

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Alfredo González-Espinoza @spiralizing.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Yeah LLMs are great tools if you choose a useful framework. I wrote something about them here spiralizing.github.io/BlogNotes/LL... let me know what you think!

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LLMs as approximate information synthesizers

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New papers in Network Science @networkspapers.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Phys. Rev. E: Popularity-driven random walks on a class of scale-free graphs link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevE.1…

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New papers in Network Science @networkspapers.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Phys. Rev. E: Popularity-driven random walks on a class of scale-free graphs link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevE.1…

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Cat Hobaiter @nakedprimate.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

TLDR: new paper headed up by @vestaeleuteri.bsky.social & with an awesome team, incl @andrearavignani.bsky.social , showing chimps have rhythm in their drumming & differences b/w east & west drum rhythms! www.cell.com/current-biol... But didn’t we know this already you ask? Well… 🧵1/16

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Chimpanzee drumming shows rhythmicity and subspecies variation

Chimpanzees drum on the buttress roots of trees for communication. Eleuteri et al. investigate the presence of key elements of musical rhythm and of regional variation in chimpanzee buttress drumming....

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Alfredo González-Espinoza @spiralizing.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Using LLMs as "Approximate Information Synthesizers" has been the best approach I've found. spiralizing.github.io/BlogNotes/LL... #AI #LLMs #Automation #AIuse #blog #science #research

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New papers in Network Science @networkspapers.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

J. R. Soc. Interface: Applicability of spatial early warning signals to complex network dynamics royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/abs/…

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New papers in Network Science @networkspapers.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Proc. R. Soc. A: Data assimilation for networks of coupled oscillators: inferring unknown model parameters from partial observations royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/abs/…

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Corey Cusimano @cusimano.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

What makes people feel entitled to rewards—the effort they put into their work or the outcomes they achieve? Out now in PNAS; with Jin Kim and Jared Wong: Achievement. Effort seems to matter very little (if at all). www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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NSF-Simons NITMB @nitmb.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Mathematics for biological discovery, and biology as an inspiration for mathematics Thank you for joining us for last night's Public Lecture with @stevenstrogatz.com, Susan and Barton Winokur Distinguished Professor for the Public Understanding of Science and Mathematics at Cornell University!

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Manlio De Domenico @manlius.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

(Trying to) Measuring consciousness in the lab? The latest essay from #ComplexityThoughts feat. @wiringthebrain.bsky.social & @kordinglab.bsky.social to discuss about consciousness and how to define/measure it: 👉 open.substack.com/pub/manlius/... 🎧 creators.spotify.com/pod/show/com... 1/

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What did we learn from a rigorous adversarial test?

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Carnegie Mellon University Libraries @library.cmu.edu · 07/05/2025

Join us in celebrating #CMU125! 🥳 Here's to 125 more years! Throughout it all, libraries have acted as universal hubs for learning, connecting students from all over @cmu.edu. See how far we've come... *Details of each image in the ALT tags.

(c.1920) The first library building on campus, known as "The Hut," was a repurposed World War I soldiers' canteen. Porter Hall (formerly School of Applied Industries), Doherty Hall (formerly Engineering and Science Hall ) and Hamerschlag Hall (formerly Machinery Hall) are visible in the background, as is University of Pittsburgh's Cathedral of Learning.

(c.1920) Students study in the College of Fine Arts library.

(c.1943) Porter Hall library was the second on campus, located in Industries Hall.

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New papers in Network Science @networkspapers.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

EPL: Successive lag synchronization on dynamical networks: A perspective iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1209/…

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