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The InterPlex @theinterplex.bsky.social · 13h

1/ Why is academic misconduct so prevalent, in India and globally? In a new article for The InterPlex, Indian theoretical physicist Sunil Mukhi surveys the state of academic integrity today. Learn more in the full article: buff.ly/OrgehRe

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An Overview of Academic Integrity and AI Ethics: Indian and Global Contexts - The InterPlex

The issue of academic integrity has gained considerable prominence in the last couple of decades. In this article I will attempt to summarize what I see as

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The InterPlex @theinterplex.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

1/ Network science has quietly become the methodological backbone behind many of society's most pressing challenges, from climate change to global health, mobility and supply systems, ecological systems, inequality, and disinformation.

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The InterPlex @theinterplex.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

1/ A network of neurons, cut off from part of its own wiring, often finds its way back to full working order on its own. In this InterDialogue clip, Spanish neurophysicist Jordi Soriano discusses his research on neuronal cultures—networks of neurons grown in a dish.

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The InterPlex @theinterplex.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

1/ It's been an eventful summer for The InterPlex since returning to our Boston headquarters in early June: conferences, collaborative meetings, networking events, grant proposals, content creation, and work with our pilot InterGroup on mangroves and wetlands.

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The InterPlex @theinterplex.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

1/ Colombia has been an enthusiastic adopter of the global Rights of Nature movement, from the Atrato River's landmark grant of legal personhood in 2017 to the Colombian Amazon's recognition as a rights-bearing entity in 2018, writes Daniel Henryk Rasolt: buff.ly/hJ6ckz4

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Colombia’s Dynamic Rivers: Integrated Interpretations and the Rights of Nature - The InterPlex

Integrated interpretations of rivers as vital and interconnected living and evolving entities have extensive practical application — from their revered preservation throughout Indigenous territories,…

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The InterPlex @theinterplex.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

1/ A single movement rarely reshapes the system it's up against. Real change comes from linking local action into wider networks. In this InterDialogue excerpt, Indian environmentalist Ashish Kothari traces nearly five decades of building that kind of network.

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The InterPlex @theinterplex.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

1/ "Bioeconomy" has become a buzzword across the Amazon, its meaning stretching to cover everything from biotech investment to grassroots forest economies. In this InterDialogue clip, Mariana Gómez Soto explains why she frames her work around "socio-bioeconomy."

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The InterPlex @theinterplex.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

For Afro-Colombian communities on Colombia’s Pacific coast, protecting biodiversity and cultural heritage are not separate projects but the same, argues American anthropologist Rowan Glass in a new article for The InterPlex: buff.ly/WdhddV4

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Mangrove Commons: Biocultural Heritage in the Afro-Colombian Pacific - The InterPlex

For Afro-Pacific communities, biodiversity and cultural heritage are not separate concerns—protecting one means protecting the other. Their interrelation makes a compelling case for biocultural…

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The InterPlex @theinterplex.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

1/ Few folklorists use quantitative methods, but that doesn't put their findings outside the realm of empirical inquiry. In a new guest InterDialogue, American folklorist K. Brandon Barker argues that ethnographic research can reach places that quantitative science alone cannot.

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The InterPlex @theinterplex.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

1/ @tifr.res.in, India's national center for STEM education, was born from a language problem. Now a new variable is entering classrooms: AI trained overwhelmingly on Western data. Physicist Arnab Bhattacharya discusses what that means for science education in this new InterDialogue.

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The InterPlex @theinterplex.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

1/ While studying billion-year-old stromatolites in southern India's Cuddapah Basin, Indian geologist Jaishri Sanwal Bhatt found herself drawing on the Earth's deep geological history to address contemporary questions. Learn more in the full article: buff.ly/lpqMEpw

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Written in Rocks: A Geologist’s Journey into Deep Time - The InterPlex

Every rock carries a fragment of Earth’s memory. Collectively, these fragments preserve an extraordinary geological record spanning more than 4.5 billion

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The InterPlex @theinterplex.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

1/ Every rock, according to geologist Jaishri Sanwal Bhatt, carries a fragment of Earth’s memory. In a new article for The InterPlex, Sanwal draws on decades fieldwork across South Asia to trace 4.54 billion years of planetary history. Learn more in the full article: buff.ly/lpqMEpw

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Written in Rocks: A Geologist’s Journey into Deep Time - The InterPlex

Every rock carries a fragment of Earth’s memory. Collectively, these fragments preserve an extraordinary geological record spanning more than 4.5 billion

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The InterPlex @theinterplex.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

1/ Cities are among the most complex systems humans have ever created. Understanding how millions of individual decisions give rise to collective patterns requires bringing together physics, network science, urban planning, and the social sciences.

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The InterPlex @theinterplex.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

1/ What do neuroscience, epidemiology, language, ecology, biology, economics, social and urban networks, particle physics, and cosmology have in common? According to a growing diverse community of experts and institutions featured (and soon to be featured) by The InterPlex...

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The InterPlex @theinterplex.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

1/ “We are living a very interesting moment because we have very good data in sports,” says Spanish physicist and complexity scientist Javier Buldú (@JmBuldu). In this clip from our recent InterDialogue, Buldú explains how football has become a new frontier in complexity science.

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The InterPlex @theinterplex.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

In May and June, The InterPlex was invited to attend and deliver talks at a series of fascinating, collaborative, and impactful conferences and institutional visits in Spain, Italy, and Germany.

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The InterPlex @theinterplex.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

1/ "We try to embrace the full spectrum,” says Italian physicist and complexity scientist @ccattuto.bsky.social. In this new InterDialogue, Cattuto reflects on the evolution of computational social science and the interdisciplinary vision guiding his work as Scientific Director of @isi.it.

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The InterPlex @theinterplex.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

1/ In this InterDialogue excerpt, Indian geologist Jaishri Sanwal Bhatt explores geology as a form of “Big History,” tracing the 4.6-billion-year evolution of Earth through rocks, fossils, lake cores, and cave formations. Full InterDialogue: buff.ly/OrR7ggA

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The InterPlex @theinterplex.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

In an article originally written for Unbounded World in 2019 and republished to The InterPlex, Daniel Henryk Rasolt reports on the disappearance of Colombia’s last tropical glaciers, warning that the country’s highest icefields “will most likely disappear in the coming decades.”

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The InterPlex @theinterplex.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

1/ Last week The InterPlex was present at the fascinating, wide-ranging, collaborative and multi-disciplinary @complenet.bsky.social conference on complex networks at the Faculty of Sciences, @unizar.es, in beautiful Zaragoza, Spain.

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The InterPlex @theinterplex.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

1/ Indian physicist Sunil Mukhi traces his decades-long involvement in academic ethics to a striking case: a university vice chancellor plagiarizing entire string theory papers from other physicists. This case led to the realization that academic misconduct is poorly understood.

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The InterPlex @theinterplex.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

1/ As part of @theinterplex.bsky.social's outreach strategy for fostering a dynamic, global, interdisciplinary, and intercultural collaborative community, our founder, Daniel Henryk Rasolt, traveled through India and Nepal collaborating with a wide range of researchers and science communicators.

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The InterPlex @theinterplex.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

In this InterDialogue excerpt, Brazilian physicist Luiz Davidovich explains how quantum computing research in Brazil reflects a broader global imbalance: while there are active efforts in software and theory, the hardware remains prohibitively expensive and technically demanding.

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The InterPlex @theinterplex.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

In an article for The InterPlex, Colombian land use and remote sensing scientist Paulo Murillo explains that “advanced algorithms can now classify satellite imagery much better than previous algorithms,” enabling a dramatic leap in accuracy and scale. Learn more in the full article: buff.ly/J7iIiAb

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The Social-Life of the Pixel in Land System Science - The InterPlex

Earth Observation technologies are becoming increasingly valuable for understanding our changing world. They are also critical for formulating policies to

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The InterPlex @theinterplex.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

In this InterDialogue excerpt, anthropologist and environmentalist Mariana Gómez Soto discusses scaling socio-bioeconomies in the Amazon, as proposed in the Science Panel for the Amazon’s 2025 Assessment Report, in which she was the lead author of the “Connectivity for socio-bioeconomies” chapter.

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The InterPlex @theinterplex.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

In this InterDialogue excerpt, electrical engineer Omar Prias discusses Colombia’s energy transition policy, decentralized systems, and community models. While policymakers increasingly recognize “energy communities” as important to the energy sector, implementation is uneven.

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The InterPlex @theinterplex.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

In this InterDialogue excerpt, Colombian electrical engineer, professor, and policy consultant Omar Prias discusses energy as the invisible infrastructure shaping everything from daily life to industrial output. Colombia is an energy-rich country with extraordinary geographic advantages.

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The InterPlex @theinterplex.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

When Indigenous communities in the Amazon went into voluntary isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic, they were protecting themselves from a devastating outbreak. But that isolation revealed a deeper structural vulnerability: the lack of reliable, decentralized energy in many remote territories.

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Self-Imposed Isolation of Indigenous Communities Due to COVID-19 Reinforces the Need for Clean Off-Grid Energy Sources - The InterPlex

Strengthening the socio-ecological systems of Indigenous communities is of high priority for achieving global “sustainable development” and environmental goals. For Indigenous people to…

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The InterPlex @theinterplex.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

In this InterDialogue excerpt, Brazilian Earth system scientist Carlos Nobre discusses the future of energy systems in the Amazon, arguing that sustainable infrastructure must prioritize planetary-scale renewable solutions rather than extractive regional models for development in the region.

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The InterPlex @theinterplex.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

In the global race toward sustainable energy, lithium is widely framed as the essential material for batteries. But as Argentine physical chemist Horacio Corti argues in a research article translated, updated, and republished to The InterPlex, lithium’s true strategic value extends beyond batteries.

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Beyond Batteries: The Added Value of Lithium and its Isotopes for Nuclear Technologies - The InterPlex

In a complex and rapidly evolving technological, socio-economic and geopolitical landscape that is focused on a global “sustainable energy transition,”

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The InterPlex @theinterplex.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

In this InterDialogue excerpt, Argentine physical chemist Horacio Corti discusses Argentina’s nearly completed RA-10, a multipurpose nuclear reactor being built at the Ezeiza Atomic Center in Buenos Aires. The RA-10 is both a public health investment and a major scientific milestone.

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The InterPlex @theinterplex.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

In this article, Daniel Henryk Rasolt traces the story of magnesium from its cosmic origins in exploding stars down to planet Earth, where it forms an integral part of our planet’s geology and its complex web of life. Learn more in the full article: buff.ly/tKdHckb

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Magnesium: Connecting Human and Planetary Health to the Stars - The InterPlex

To illustrate this interconnectedness between our existence and health, the natural world here on earth, and the vast universe, let us focus in this article

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The InterPlex @theinterplex.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

In this InterDialogue excerpt, recorded in 2022 amid the COVID-19 pandemic and ecological destruction in the Amazon, Brazilian atmospheric physicist Paulo Artaxo reflects on how interdisciplinary dialogue helps scientists communicate about interconnected issues like climate change and public health.

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The InterPlex @theinterplex.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

In this InterDialogue excerpt, Spanish physicist and complex systems scientist @gomezgardenes.bsky.social explores how epidemics are not just biological events, but deeply social phenomena. “In an epidemic, the forecast alters the trajectory because we are part of the epidemic,” says Gómez-Gardeñes.

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The InterPlex @theinterplex.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

In this article, written at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic amid widespread uncertainty and anti-scientific sentiment, Daniel Henryk Rasolt explores the role of Indigenous land stewardship in mitigating climate change and preventing future pandemics through complex socio-ecological systems.

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Guardians of the Forest: Can Securing Indigenous Land Rights Help Combat Climate Change and Prevent the Next Pandemic? - The InterPlex

Policies for further securing Indigenous land rights and amplifying their territories are also becoming recognized as some of the most cost-effective means of

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The InterPlex @theinterplex.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

“Criticality is a very broad theory, but there is another perspective on complex systems that I promote based on morphology,” explains Peruvian neuroscientist and complex systems scientist Enver Oruro, discussing his research at the intersection of both fields.

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The InterPlex @theinterplex.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

According to Argentine complex systems scientist Dante Chialvo, “The collective needs a certain regularity to function, but also it must be flexible and variable in order to adapt to changes in its environment.” Read Chialvo's full article for further insights: buff.ly/MjI66fc

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Life at the Edge: Complexity and Criticality in Biological Function - Part 1 - The InterPlex

Why life is complex and — most importantly — what is the origin of the over abundance of complexity in nature? This is a fundamental scientific question

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The InterPlex @theinterplex.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

In this InterDialogue excerpt, Colombian anthropologist Mariana Gómez Soto explores why Amazonian bioeconomy can’t be engineered via centralized, product-focused strategies: “It has to be multidimensional and multiscalar in order to correspond to and be loyal to the particularities of the region."

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The InterPlex @theinterplex.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

A new article for The InterPlex addresses vital questions of self-organization and biocultural sustainability in dialogue with scientists, policymakers, and Indigenous leaders as they collectively envision a circular bioeconomy for the Amazon: buff.ly/vHrkCqi

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Self-Organization and the Promise of a Circular Amazonian Socio-Bioeconomy - The InterPlex

Safeguarding the Amazon is one of our world's most pressing, complex, and vital global challenges. Among the strategies gaining traction, supported by

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The InterPlex @theinterplex.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

In this InterDialogue excerpt, Greco-Argentine-Brazilian theoretical physicist Constantino Tsallis unpacks the concept of the “edge of chaos” as a dynamic zone of transition between order and disorder. Learn more in the full InterDialogue: buff.ly/sPr5D2j

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The InterPlex @theinterplex.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

In this InterDialogue excerpt, Brazilian physicist Luiz Davidovich reflects on the long-lasting effects of Brazil’s scientific brain drain, noting that while some researchers have returned, many remain abroad. Learn more in the full InterDialogue: buff.ly/4gdOxj4

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The InterPlex @theinterplex.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

In an analysis originally published by The InterPlex early last year, and republished last week by the highly regarded publication @resilience.org, Colombian anthropologist Juan Manuel Quinche explores the challenges and importance of delimiting Colombia’s wetlands. Read more: buff.ly/s3ecU93

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The Challenges and Socio-Ecological Importance of Delimiting Colombia's Wetlands - The InterPlex

In other words, the delineation process, known locally as “deslinde,” has not been completed to define the boundaries between ecosystems belonging to The

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The InterPlex @theinterplex.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

In this InterDialogue, Brazilian plasma physicist and former director of the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) Ricardo Galvão traces the development of Brazil’s satellite-based monitoring of deforestation in the Amazon, beginning with its origins at the INPE in 1988: buff.ly/Q18FO2l

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The InterPlex @theinterplex.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

“The value of remote sensing is not only to create intriguing and sophisticated maps ... but also to contribute to understanding the interconnected sociopolitical, economic, and environmental processes that drive them," says land system scientist Paulo Murillo in this article: buff.ly/EYW9Gkq

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The Social-Life of the Pixel in Land System Science - The InterPlex

Earth Observation technologies are becoming increasingly valuable for understanding our changing world. They are also critical for formulating policies to

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The InterPlex @theinterplex.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

As 2025 comes to a close, we are proud to look back on a year full of accomplishments. In our inaugural newsletter, we reflect on our achievements in 2025, acknowledge the team members and contributors in our growing community, and cast a view toward our vision for 2026: buff.ly/FRlvmsP

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The InterPlex @theinterplex.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

In this article, Colombian marine biologist Ernesto Mancera outlines the importance of nature-based solutions (NbS) for addressing complex socioecological challenges—from climate change and biodiversity loss to coastal erosion, water insecurity, and governance challenges: buff.ly/bBBFKkx

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The Role of Assertive Communication in the Effectiveness and Sustainability of Nature-Based Solutions (NbS) - The InterPlex

In the context of risk management and in the face of environmental and economic challenges such as climate change, coastal erosion, water insecurity, and the accelerated loss of biodiversity, among…

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The InterPlex @theinterplex.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

In this InterDialogue excerpt, Colombian marine biologist Ernesto Mancera underscores how nature-based solutions (NbS) and assertive science communication can help reduce uncertainty and provide concrete guidance for ecosystem management. Learn more in the full InterDialogue: buff.ly/8DfXrp5

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