Read article: Reality check
Reality check
Hugh D Reynolds reviews The Case Against Reality: How Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes by Donald D Hoffman
Read article: Reality check
Read article: Growing better single crystals with the help of machine learning
Growing better single crystals with the help of machine learning
The approach could be an inexpensive and rapid alternative to growing crystals in the laboratory
Read article: Democracy under threat, a mathematician’s perspective
Democracy under threat, a mathematician’s perspective
Interview with Karoline Wiesner about complex systems theory to political debates
Read article: Robotics and self-assembly shape up
Robotics and self-assembly shape up
Recent developments based on novel morphologies and geometries highlight the progress to be made by understanding the balance of freedom and control
Read article: Complex-systems theory could explain why some democracies become unstable
Complex-systems theory could explain why some democracies become unstable
A multidisciplinary team looks at a very timely problem
Read article: Beating Braess’ paradox to prevent instability in electrical power grids
Beating Braess’ paradox to prevent instability in electrical power grids
Secondary control could prevent disruption caused by adding new transmission lines
Read article: The one scale that rules them all
The one scale that rules them all
Geoffrey West's suggestion – that all complex organisms obey a few simple scaling laws – is rigorous and convincing, says Jennifer Ouellette
Read article: Meet the ‘angulon’, a new quasiparticle found in superfluid helium
Meet the ‘angulon’, a new quasiparticle found in superfluid helium
Rotating molecule plus surrounding disturbance is particle-like
Read article: Autonomous Maxwell’s demon displays chilling power
Autonomous Maxwell’s demon displays chilling power
Experiment shows how information can be used to run a refrigerator
Read article: Trafficking in big ideas
Trafficking in big ideas
Siobhan Roberts’ “unflinchingly honest” biography of John Horton Conway sets Arthur I Miller reflecting on the way mathematical geniuses think
