We trust our memories because they feel natural, and we trust time because it seems to flow in only one direction. Physics, however, allows for stranger possibilities that challenge our intuition. In ...

FRI, APRIL 24 Santa Fe Institute, Gurley Forum at the Miller Campus Late Morning, shuttles to Miller campus from hotel Lunch, 12:00 - 1:00 PM Talks, 1:00-5:00 PM (with break) Reception + Dinner, ...

A new study co-authored by SFI External Professor Laura Fortunato (University of Oxford), challenges a long-standing claim ...

The NIH Research Education Program (R25) supports research education activities in the mission areas of many NIH Institutes and Centers. The overarching goal of this R25 program is to support ...

David Wolpert. “Conference: NeST: Neuromorphic Stochastic Thermodynamics Workshop at SFI.” National Science Foundation. $49,373 for one year. Melanie Mitchell and David Krakauer. “Building Diverse ...

An old-timer from Taos I met this summer promised lots of snow based on the summer monsoon patterns. We are still waiting with a mid-day high of 59ºF/15ºC. Fingers-crossed for January and February. In ...

A December 10–12 working group met to bring together researchers from two fields — neuromorphic computing and stochastic ...

Francis Spufford, an internationally award-winning writer of nonfiction and fiction, has joined SFI as Miller Scholar. A ...

02/03/2026 Colloquium "The 'Double Security' of Democracy: Federalism's Effect on Democratic Robustness" by Jenna Bednar, University of Michigan; SFI 02/05/2026 Seminar by Carolyn Parkinson, ...

Each year, several dozen people from across the United Kingdom are recognized for extraordinary achievements and service in the New Year Honours List. The 2026 List, compiled by King Charles III and ...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, biologists at UCLA documented a natural experiment as it played out among a population of dark-eyed juncos in Los Angeles. The pandemic lockdowns offered a rare chance to ...