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Complexity Digest 2008.99 Next Issue TOP

  1. Homeland Security To Use Social Networks For Alerts, vnunet.com
    1. E-Mails, Conspiracy Rumors Plague Palin, Politico
  2. Opening Search to Semantic Upstarts, Technology Review
    1. Infovell's 'Research Engine' Finds Deep Web Pages That Google, Yahoo Miss, PhysOrg.com
  3. Big Data: Welcome To The Petacentre, Nature
    1. Big Data: Wikiomics, Nature
    2. Google Planning Offshore Data Barges, Data Center Knowledge
  4. A Systems Approach To Unravel Complex Water Management Institutions, Ecol. Complexity
  5. The Increasing Intensity Of The Strongest Tropical Cyclones
  6. Cloud-Seeding Ships Could Combat Climate Change
    1. Flood Or Drought: How Do Aerosols Affect Precipitation?, Nature
  7. Evolving Designer Ecosystem Sheds Light On Unintended Consequences, Innovations-report
  8. Network Scaling Reveals Consistent Fractal Pattern In Hierarchical Mammalian Societies, Biol. Lett.
  9. Biologists on the Verge of Creating New Form of Life, Wired
  10. Highly Wired - New Brain Study Finds More Synapses In Men Than In Women, Science News
  11. Inborn Path To Math - Mathematics Ability May Be Related To An Evolutionarily Ingrained Sense For Numbers, Science News
    1. Psychology: Investigating The Psychopathic Mind, Science
  12. Neuroscience: Hippocampal Firing Patterns Linked To Memory Recall, Science
    1. Internally Generated Cell Assembly Sequences in the Rat Hippocampus, Science
  13. Gene Regulation Makes The Human, Science News
  14. Cancer Genetics: A Detailed Genetic Portrait Of The Deadliest Human Cancers, Science
  15. Multimodal Warning Signals For A Multiple Predator World, Nature
  16. Robot Spider Vs. Bee, Science News
  17. Chemical Oscillations Of Air-Seeded Bubbles In Water Driven By Ultrasound, Physical Review
  18. Geochemistry and the Biosphere / Essays by Vladimir I. Vernadsky, Book Review, Ralph Abraham
  19. Complex Challenges: Terrorist Networks
    1. Global Poll Shows Doubt About al-Qaida Role in 9/11 Attacks, Voice of America
    2. White House: Politics Not A Factor In Bin Laden Hunt, AFP
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Complexity Digest 2008.52 Next Issue TOP

  1. Waiting for the Death of the Chicago and Keynesian Schools, Seeking Alpha
  2. Being Human: Migration: An Engine For Social Change, Nature
  3. The Chaos Inside a Cancer Cell, NY Times
  4. Transcription: Gene Expression--Where to Start?, Science
  5. Blind Man 'Sees' His Way Past Obstacles, New Scientist
    1. Brain Works Better With Neurological Disease, New Scientist
  6. A Mysterious Link Between Sleeplessness and Heart Disease, NY Times
  7. Science's Breakthrough Of The Year: Cellular Reprogramming, Science Daily
    1. Nuclear Reprogramming in Cells, Science
  8. Representation of Geometric Borders in the Entorhinal Cortex, Science
  9. Amateurs Are Trying Genetic Engineering At Home, Yahoo News
  10. The Year In Biomedicine - Brain Trauma Among Soldiers, A $5,000 Genome, Cellular Switches, And Insight Into The Brain's Beauty., Technology Review
    1. Malaria: Signs of Drug Resistance Rattle Experts, Trigger Bold Plan, Science
  11. The Year Online - The Business Of Social Networking, Cloud Computing, And A Flaw In The Fabric Of The Internet., Technology Review
    1. Mobile Phones To Be Primary Internet Device By 2020, Experts Predict, Network World
  12. Supersonic Fighters Could Snuff Out Hurricanes - Russians Patent Shockwave Storm-Squelch Scheme, Environment
  13. A Year In The Quantum World, New Scientist
    1. Diamond 'Wires' - Quantum Computing's Best Friend, New Scientist
  14. Evolution: Who's Your Daddy?, Science
    1. Avian Paternal Care Had Dinosaur Origin, Science
  15. Group Decisions In Humans And Animals: A Survey, Phil. Tran. Biol. Sc.
  16. Reciprocity, Culture And Human Cooperation: Previous Insights And A New Cross-Cultural Experiment, Phil. Tran. Biol. Sc.
  17. Leadership, Consensus Decision Making And Collective Behaviour In Humans, Phil. Tran. Biol. Sc.
  18. Complexity-Entropy Diagrams And The Diversity Of Natural Information Processing, Chaos
    1. Condensed-Matter Physics: The Eternal Triangle, Nature
  19. Complex Challenges: Global Terrorist Networks
    1. U.S. Homeland Security Seeks To Arm Commercial Airliners With Antimissile Lasers, Sci.Am
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Complexity Digest 2008.51 Next Issue TOP

  1. The Food Crisis Isn't Over, Nature
    1. Economics: Crazy Money, Science
  2. Offshoring In The Core: Russian Software Firms Onshoring In The USA, Global Networks
  3. Complex Decision? Don't Think About It, ScienceDaily
    1. Thinking Like A President: How Power Affects Complex Decision Making, ScienceDaily
    2. Inside The Consumer Mind: Brain Scans Reveal Choice Mechanism, ScienceDaily
  4. Virtual Organisations Become A Reality, Innovations-report
  5. Selective Adaptation Of WTO Transparency Norms And Local Practices In China And Japan, J. Int. Econ. Law
  6. Science And Religion: Bracing for Islamic Creationism, Science
    1. How The Brain Thinks About Crime And Punishment, ScienceDaily
  7. Towards Responsible Use Of Cognitive-Enhancing Drugs By The Healthy, Nature
    1. Observing Brain During Normal Activity, Innovations-report
  8. Why Are Some People Left-Handed? An Evolutionary Perspective, Phil. Tran. Biol. Sc.
  9. Understanding Brain Tumor Growth Through Applying Weather Forecasting Technology, ScienceDaily
  10. Ant Gives Port Of Rotterdam A Good Example, Innovations-report
  11. Developmental Biology: On Growth And Force, Science
  12. Gene Mutation Is Tied to Fast Fat Breakdown, NY Times
  13. Immunology: T Cells Get Tired, Nature
    1. Immunology: Chaperone Puts the Brakes On, Science
  14. Malaria: Vaccine Comes Another Step Closer, Science
  15. Mathematical Models Of Adaptive Immunity, Innovations-report
  16. Ecology: When Juniper and Woody Plants Invade, Water May Retreat, Science
  17. Human Body Pose Estimation With Particle Swarm Optimisation, Evol. Compu.
  18. Physics: Stringing Together a Solid State, Science
  19. Complex Challenges: Global Terrorist Networks
    1. 2009: War On Terror Part II, ISN Security Watch
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Complexity Digest 2008.50 Next Issue TOP

  1. A Scientific Approach to Policy, Science
    1. The Long-Run Benefits of Punishment, Science
  2. Make Secondary Education Universal, Nature
    1. Silicon Valley Conference Aims to Raise Planetary IQ, Wired
    2. Search And Find Magazines On Google Book Search, The Official Google Blog
  3. Generosity: A Winner's Advice, Nature
  4. While Detroit Slept, NY Times
    1. IBM Takes Grid To The Clouds And Aids Solar Research, Computerworld
  5. Great Depression Spurred Great Creativity, Innovations-report
    1. Why Do People Keep Their Promises? An Experimental Test of Two Explanations, Econometrica
    2. Happiness Is 'Infectious' In Network Of Friends: Collective -- Not Just Individual -- Phenomenon, ScienceDaily
  6. Behavioural Ecology: The Social Side Of Wild Yeast, Nature
  7. Cancer Stem Cells: Here, There, Everywhere?, Nature
    1. Melanoma In Mice Casts Doubt On Scarcity Of Cancer Stem Cells - Tumour Treatments May Need A Rethink., Nature
  8. Dynamic Proteomics of Individual Cancer Cells in Response to a Drug, Science
  9. Genetics: Hopping To A Better Protein, Science
  10. Cardiogenesis and the Complex Biology of Regenerative Cardiovascular Medicine, Science
    1. a. Morphogenetic Cell Movements: Diversity from Modular Mechanical Properties, Science
    2. Patterning Mechanisms of Branched Organs, Science
  11. Neuroscience: Along Memory Lane, Nature
    1. Direct Control Of Paralysed Muscles By Cortical Neurons, Nature
  12. Immunology: Fetal Immune System Hushes Attacks on Maternal Cells, Science
  13. Distance From Africa, Not Climate, Explains Within-Population Phenotypic Diversity In Humans, Proc. Biol. Sc.
  14. Revisiting The Cognitive Buffer Hypothesis For The Evolution Of Large Brains, Biol. Lett.
  15. Endangered Species: Sanctuaries Aim to Preserve a Model Organism's Wild Type, Science
  16. Oceans: Elements and Evolution, Science
  17. The Pectoral Fin Of Panderichthys And The Origin Of Digits, Nature
  18. 2008 Will Be Coolest Year Of The Decade, Guardian
  19. Complex Challenges: Global Terrorist Networks
    1. Mumbai Terrorists Relied on New Technology for Attacks, NY Times
    2. U.S. Is Losing Global Cyberwar, Commission Says, BusinessWeek
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Complexity Digest 2008.49 Next Issue TOP

  1. Science Goes Hollywood: NAS Links With Entertainment Industry, Science
  2. Standing in Someone Else's Shoes, Almost for Real, NY Times
  3. Car Industry: Charging Up The Future, Nature
  4. Chain Of Firms' Bankruptcy: A Macroscopic Study Of Link Effect In A Production Network, Adv. Complex Sys.
    1. Econophysics And Economic Complexity, Adv. Complex Sys.
  5. Adult Brain Neurons Can Remodel Connections, ScienceDaily
  6. Diversity Sustains An Evolving Network, Interface
  7. Molecule Shuts Down Food Intake And Turns On 'Siesta Mode', Innovations-report
  8. Stem Cell Bioprocessing: Fundamentals And Principles, Interface
  9. Organic Chemistry: Short Cuts To Complexity, Nature
  10. Biochemistry: Controlled Chaos, Science
  11. Molecular Biology: The Bloom's Complex Mousetrap, Nature
  12. A Fast, Robust And Tunable Synthetic Gene Oscillator, Nature
  13. Protein Found To Set The Heart's Cadence, Science News
  14. Social Amoeba Seek Kin Association, ScienceDaily
    1. New Research Sheds Light On Fly Sleep Circuit, Innovations-report
    2. Electrifying Love: Electric Fish Use Species-Specific Discharge For Mate Recognition, Biol. Lett.
  15. North Atlantic Cold-Water Sink Returns To Life, Nature News
  16. Distant World Sports Gassy Signature Of Habitability, Nature
  17. Earth Science: On The Evolution Of Minerals, Nature
  18. Particle Physics: Mass By Numbers, Nature
    1. Physics: Reflections on a Wall of Light, Science
  19. Complex Challenges: Global Terrorist Networks
    1. Nuclear, Biological Terror Attack 'Likely': US Commission, AFP
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Complexity Digest 2008.48 Next Issue TOP

  1. There's a Better Way to Prevent Bear Raids, The Wall Street Journal
    1. Market Stability and the Uptick Rule, NECSI Research
    2. Agent-Based Computer Models Could Anticipate Future Economic Crisis, PhysOrg,com
  2. Energy: World Oil Crunch Looming?, Science
  3. Darwin 200: The Needs Of The Many, Nature
    1. Darwin 200: Beneath The Surface, Nature
  4. Many Drug Trials Never See Publication, Science News
    1. Being Human: Conflict: Altruism's Midwife, Nature
  5. Evolution Of The Visual System Is Key To Abstract Art, ScienceDaily
  6. The Psychology of Transcending the Here and Now, Science
    1. Brain Reorganizes To Make Room For Math, Science News
    2. Train, Train, Train! No Pain, Just Gain, Brain
    3. Sleep Helps People Learn Complicated Tasks, ScienceDaily
  7. Web Data Predict Flu - Search Engines Provide Information About Epidemics., Nature
  8. Microbiology: Rogue Insect Immunity, Science
  9. Criminology: Study Shows How Degraded Surroundings Can Degrade Behavior, Science
  10. Solar-Powered Sea Slug Harnesses Stolen Plant Genes, New Scientist
    1. Cell Biology: Nuclear Order Out Of Chaos, Nature
  11. Genetics: Quick Change, Nature
  12. Variation In Evolutionary Patterns Across The Geographic Range Of A Fossil Bivalve, Science
    1. Male Elimination In The Honeybee, Behav. Ecol.
  13. Sea Level Rise Alters Bay's Salinity, Innovations-report
  14. How Do Bacteria Swim? Brown Physicists Explain, Innovations-report
    1. Warning Displays May Function As Honest Signals Of Toxicity, Proc. Biol. Sc.
  15. Systems Biology: Cast Of 1000 Proteins Shines In Movies Of Cancer Cells, Science
  16. Chemistry: Interrogating Molecules, Science
  17. Anomalous Hydrodynamic Drafting of Interacting Flapping Flags, Phys Rev. Let.
  18. Astroparticle Physics: Excess Particles From Space May Hint At Dark Matter, Science
  19. Complex Challenges: Global Terrorist Networks
    1. Revolution 2.0 - The Obama Campaign Developed Powerful Web Tools That Might Shape Government But Are More Likely To Build Opposition Movements, Revolutions And Possibly Terrorist Cells., Newsweek
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Complexity Digest 2008.47 Next Issue TOP

  1. The Innovative Brain, Nature
    1. Why Do Intelligent People Live Longer?, Nature
  2. The Two Cultures Of Wall Street, Nature
  3. Science In The Meltdown, Nature
  4. Associative Learning Of Social Value, Nature
  5. Evolution: Vatican Science Conference Offers An Ambiguous Message, Science
    1. Complex Systems And Mars Missions Help Understand How Life Began, Innovations-report
  6. Does Biology Need An Organism Concept?, Biol. Rev.
  7. A Female Homo erectus Pelvis from Gona, Ethiopia, Science
    1. Anthropology: The Birth Of Childhood, Science
  8. Behavior: A Biolinguistic Agenda, Science
    1. Recognition Of Other Species' Aerial Alarm Calls: Speaking The Same Language Or Learning Another?, Proc. Biol. Sc.
  9. Certain Types Of Thinking Are Best Suited To Certain Types Of Problem-solving, ScienceDaily
  10. Fish Choose Their Leaders By Consensus, ScienceDaily
  11. The Interaction Between Predation And Competition, Nature
  12. Farming And Chemical Warfare: A Day In The Life Of An Ant?, Innovations-report
  13. Global Change And Species Interactions In Terrestrial Ecosystems, Ecol. Lett.
  14. Complex Seasonal Patterns Of Primary Producers At The Land–Sea Interface, Ecol. Lett.
  15. Meteorology: Prediction With Plants, Nature
  16. Neuroscience: Cool Songs, Nature
  17. How Our Senses Combine To Give Us A Better View Of The World, ScienceDaily
  18. Ion Channels: The Voltage-Sensor Quartet, Nature
  19. Complex Challenges: Global Terrorist Networks
    1. How the Al Qaeda Terrorism Threat is Mutating, U.S. News & World Report
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Complexity Digest 2008.46 Next Issue TOP

  1. Biology, Politics, and the Emerging Science of Human Nature, Science
  2. E-Science: The Added Value For Modern Discovery, Computer
  3. Being Human: Language: A Social History Of Words, Nature
  4. Entrained Rhythmic Activities Of Neuronal Ensembles As Perceptual Memory Of Time Interval, Nature
  5. Consciousness and Anesthesia, Science
  6. Oxytocin, Vasopressin, and the Neurogenetics of Sociality, Science
    1. Wanted: Math Gene, Science
  7. Human Genes Are Multitaskers - Up To 94% Of Human Genes Can Generate Different Products., Nature
    1. DNA Chunks, Chimps And Humans: Marks Of Differences Between Human And Chimp Genomes, Innovations-report
  8. The "Neuro" in Neurogenetics, Science
  9. "Who" Is Saying "What"? Brain-Based Decoding of Human Voice and Speech, Science
  10. Spontaneous Changes of Neocortical Code for Associative Memory During Consolidation, Science
    1. Reverse Hierarchies And Sensory Learning, Phil. Tran. Biol. Sc.
  11. Camouflage And Visual Perception, Phil. Tran. Biol. Sc.
  12. Robots Show That Brain Activity Is Linked To Time As Well As Space, ScienceDaily
  13. How Evolution Learns From Past Environments To Adapt To New Environments, ScienceDaily
  14. Neuroscience: Overcoming Inhibitions, Science
  15. The Forest, Its Biodiversity, And Human Intrusion, Innovations-report
    1. Population Biology: Case Of The Absent Lemmings, Nature
  16. Climate Change: Chinese Cave Speaks of a Fickle Sun Bringing Down Ancient Dynasties, Science
  17. Oil Company Blamed For Mud-Volcano Eruption, Nature
  18. Complexity: 5 Questions, complexes.blogspot.com
  19. Complex Challenges: Global Terrorist Networks
    1. Secret Order Lets U.S. Raid Al Qaeda, NY Times
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Complexity Digest 2008.45 Next Issue TOP

  1. Stone Age Innovation Out Of Africa, Science News
    1. Ages For The Middle Stone Age Of Southern Africa: Implications For Human Behavior And Dispersal, Science
    2. The Iceman's Mysterious Genetic Past, Science News
  2. Oldest Evidence For Complex Life In Doubt, Science News
  3. Economics Needs A Scientific Revolution, Nature
    1. Predicting U.S. Recessions With Dynamic Binary Response Models, Rev. Econ. & Stat.
  4. Evolution Of Trust And Trustworthiness: Social Awareness Favours Personality Differences, Proc. Biol. Sc.
  5. No Evidence For An Evolutionary Trade-Off Between Learning And Immunity In A Social Insect, Biol. Lett.
  6. Pharmaceutical Futures: A Fiendish Puzzle, Nature
  7. Physics: PhET: Simulations That Enhance Learning, Science
  8. Evolutionary Biology: Small Regulatory RNAs Pitch In, Nature
    1. New Cell Division Mechanism Discovered, ScienceDaily
  9. Neuroscience: A New Glance At Glia, Science
  10. Structural Insights Into A Circadian Oscillator, Science
  11. New Hand, Same Brain Map, Science News
  12. Mathematician Cracks Mystery Beatles Chord, ScienceDaily
  13. Biomedical Research: More Than Skin Deep, Science
    1. Biomedical Research: Paul Klee, A Tragic Metamorphosis, Science
  14. Cancer: Aneuploidy Advantages?, Science
    1. Cancer Risk Of Low Dose Ionizing Radiation: New Insights From Modern Biology Provoke More Questions And Challenges, Innovations-report
    2. Key Mechanism Behind Cancer Spread Is Explained, Innovations-report
  15. Experimental Evidence For Spatial Self-Organization And Its Emergent Effects In Mussel Bed Ecosystems, Science
  16. Cheap, Self-Assembling Optics, Technology Review
    1. Invention: Self-Replicating Materials, New Scientist
    2. Voyage Of The Bacteria Bots - Self-Propelled Microbots Navigate Through Blood Vessels, Technology Review
  17. Climate Change: Whither Hurricane Activity?, Science
  18. Condensed-Matter Physics: Sound Trap, Nature
    1. Dark Matter May Shine With Invisible 'Dark Light', New Scientist
  19. Complex Challenges: Global Terrorist Networks
    1. Security Should Be the Deciding Issue, Wall Street Journal
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Complexity Digest 2008.44 Next Issue TOP

  1. Economics: Risk Communication on Climate: Mental Models and Mass Balance, Science
  2. Being Human: Religion: Bound To Believe?, Nature
  3. Experiencing Physical Warmth Promotes Interpersonal Warmth, Science
  4. A Question Of Class, Nature
  5. Oceanography: Global Warming Throws Some Curves in the Atlantic Ocean, Science
  6. Economics: Sustainable Fisheries, Nature
  7. Astrophysics: How Do Galaxies Form?, Nature
  8. Geology: The Story of O2, Science
    1. Biogeochemistry: Life Before The Rise Of Oxygen, Nature
  9. Correlation Between Nanosecond X-Ray Flashes And Stick-Slip Friction In Peeling Tape, Nature
  10. Systems Biology: Metabonomics, Nature
  11. Dolphins Use Complex Coordination During Predation, High-tech Acoustics Study Finds, ScienceDaily
    1. The Role Of Intersubjectivity In Animal And Human Cooperation, Biol. Theor.
  12. Animal Behaviour: Idle Ants, Nature
  13. Bacteria That Do Logic, Science News
    1. Hippocampal Volumes And Neuron Numbers Increase Along A Gradient Of Environmental Harshness, Proc. Biol. Sc.
  14. Visions Of Evolution: Self-Organization Proposes What Natural Selection Disposes, Biol. Theor.
    1. Development Puts An End To Evolution Of Endless Forms, ScienceDaily
    2. Chemists Devise Self-Assembling “Organic Wires”, Innovations-report
  15. The Relevance Of Brain Evolution For The Biomedical Sciences, Biol. Lett.
  16. Mapping A Clan Of Mobile Selfish Genes, Innovations-report
  17. Nanoparticles Target Multiple Cancer Genes, Shrink Tumors More Effectively, PhysOrg.com
  18. Obituary: Anatol Zhabotinsky (1938 - 2008), Nature
  19. Complex Challenges: Global Terrorist Networks
    1. Embassy Row, Washington Post
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Complexity Digest 2008.43 Next Issue TOP

  1. Nobel Prize In Economics: Theorist Revolutionized Study Of What Gets Made Where, Science
    1. The International Economic Crisis and Stratfor's Methodology, InvestorsInsight
    2. Market Failure: Interdependence in Action, NECSI Headlines
    3. Market Instability and the Uptick Rule, NECSI Headlines
    4. “Epidemiology” of the Credit Crisis (DRAFT), Bouchet-Franklin Institute Preprint
  2. Body In Mind, Science News
    1. Emotion Clip Increases Educational Performance, Innovations-report
  3. Avian Evolution: From Darwin's Finches To A New Way Of Thinking, Biol. Lett.
    1. A Model for the Evolutionary Diversification of Religions, arXiv
  4. Emotion And Scent Create Lasting Memories -- Even In A Sleeping Brain, ScienceDaily
  5. Philosophy Of Science: Theories Of Almost Everything, Nature
    1. Ecological Complex Systems, arXiv
  6. Molecular Biology: It's All In The Timing, Nature
    1. Feedback Loops Shape Cellular Signals in Space and Time, Science
  7. Getting To Grips With The Complexity Of Disease Proteins, Innovations-report
  8. From Signals to Patterns: Space, Time, and Mathematics in Developmental Biology, Science
  9. Review. Immunity In A Variable World, Phil. Tran. Biol. Sc.
    1. Analogies In The Evolution Of Individual And Social Immunity, Phil. Tran. Biol. Sc.
    2. Nanotechnology: Leveraging Antibiotics, Nature
  10. Genetics: It's The Sequence, Stupid!, Science
  11. From Signals to Patterns: Space, Time, and Mathematics in Developmental Biology, Science
  12. Oceanography: Ripples Run Deep, Nature
  13. Chemistry: Prion Progress, Nature
  14. Bottom-Up Organic Integrated Circuits, Nature
    1. Cell Biology: RNA Computing In A Living Cell, Science
  15. Physics: Transforming Light, Science
  16. Complex Patterning By Vertical Interchange Atom Manipulation Using Atomic Force Microscopy, Science
  17. Condensed-Matter Physics: Surviving The Transition, Nature
    1. Physics: A New Spin On The Doppler Effect, Science
    2. Materials Science: In Praise Of Pores, Science
    3. Materials Science: Toward Pore-Free Ceramics, Science
  18. Dark Energy: The Quest For Galaxies, Nature
  19. Complex Challenges: Global Terrorist Networks
    1. Power Politics And Wars Without States, Ameri. J. Poli. Sc.
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Complexity Digest 2008.42 Next Issue TOP

  1. The Rise of the Machines, NY Times
    1. Economic Dis-Equilibrium - Can You Have Your House And Spend It Too?, Edge
  2. Is Google Making Us Smarter? - UCLA Researchers Report That Searching The Internet May Help Improve Brain Function., InformationWeek
    1. Collaboration: Group Theory, Nature
    2. History Of Science: Samurai Mathematician Set Japan Ablaze With Brief, Bright Light, Science
  3. Digging Out Roots of Cheating in High School, NY Times
    1. Entire-Paper Plagiarism Caught By Software, Nature
  4. Developmental Biology: Teeth In Double Trouble, Nature
  5. Lemons, Oranges, and Complexity, Science
    1. Spiraling Costs Threaten Gridlock, Science
  6. Neuroscience: Brain's Defence Against Cocaine, Nature
  7. Immunology: Helpful T Cells Are Sticky, Nature
    1. Immunology: Regulating Suppression, Science
  8. Unpicking The Complexity Of Human Disease, Innovations-report
  9. A Network Solution, Nature
    1. Molecular Biology: DNA Endgames, Nature
  10. Why Starving Cells Prolong Life: Scientists Expose The Role Of Mitochondrial Sirtuins, Innovations-report
  11. Soil Ecology: What Lies Beneath, Nature
    1. Grunting Humans, Moles Scare Earthworms, Science News
  12. Ecology: From Remarkable Rescue to Restoration of Lost Habitat, Science
    1. Ecology: Biodiversity in a Warmer World, Science
  13. Paleontology: Sauropod Gigantism, Science
    1. Collective Behavior in an Early Cambrian Arthropod, Science
  14. Babies And Beethoven: Infants Can Tell Happy Songs From Sad, ScienceDaily
  15. Molecular Circuits For Associative Learning In Single-Celled Organisms, Interface
    1. Circadian Clock May Be Critical For Remembering What You Learn, Researchers Say, ScienceDaily
    2. The Dea[r]th Of Human Understanding, Computer
    3. A Neural Signature Of The Current Self, Social Cog. & Affective Neurosc.
  16. Carbon Nanotube Arrays with Strong Shear Binding-On and Easy Normal Lifting-Off, Science
  17. Vapour Spies To Reveal Climate Clues - Isotope Analysis Will Provide New Tools For Weather Modelling., Nature
    1. How IT Can Cut Carbon Emissions, McKinsey Quarterly
  18. Solid-State Physics: Recipe For Spin Currents, Nature
  19. Complex Challenges: Global Terrorist Networks
    1. Bug Out - The Balance Between Threats To Security And Liberty Is At A Tipping Point, Times Online
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Complexity Digest 2008.41 Next Issue TOP

  1. Lacking Control Increases Illusory Pattern Perception, Science
    1. The Origin And Evolution Of Religious Prosociality, Science
  2. Between-Group Competition And Human Cooperation, Proc. Biol. Sc.
  3. Making The World Safe For Partial Democracy? Questioning The Premises Of Democracy Promotion, Int. Security
  4. Neuroeconomics: The Promise And The Profit, Phil. Tran. Biol. Sc.
    1. Neural Correlates Of Economic Game Playing, Phil. Tran. Biol. Sc.
    2. How Markets Slowly Digest Changes in Supply and Demand, SFI Working Papers
  5. Musicians Use Both Sides Of Their Brains More Frequently Than Average People, ScienceDaily
  6. Video Game Helps Math Students Vanquish an Archfiend: Algebra, NY Times
  7. Why Model?, SFI Working Papers
  8. Zooming Out On Complex Networks, Physics
    1. Inequality and Network Structure, SFI Working Papers
  9. Nobel Prize In Physics Shared For Work That Unifies Forces Of Nature, Science News
    1. Rebels? No, Simply Scientists, PLoS Biol
    2. When A Light Goes On During Thought Processes, Innovations-report
  10. Attacking Cancer Stem Cells - A Screening Approach Identifies Drugs That Halt Cells That Feed Tumors., Technology Review
    1. Cancer Biology: Ensuring A Welcome, Nature
  11. HIV Immunology Needs A New Direction, Nature
  12. Metabolomics: Biochemistry's New Look, Nature
  13. DNA Could Reveal Your Surname, PhysOrg.com
    1. Physics of Evolution: Selection without Fitness, arXiv
  14. Ecology: Bugs' Bugs, Science
    1. Sensory Ecology: In Sight Of Speciation, Nature
  15. When Trees Grew In Antarctica, Science News
  16. Atmospheric Science: From Ocean To Stratosphere, Science
    1. Glaciology: Winds, Not Just Global Warming, Eating Away At The Ice Sheets, Science
    2. World's Largest Tsunami Debris, Science News
  17. Astronomy: The Shining Make-Up Of Our Star, Science
  18. Global Research, Learning Network Continues To Grow, Penn State Live
  19. Complex Challenges: Global Terrorist Networks
    1. Assessing The Dangers Of Illicit Networks: Why Al-Qaida May Be Less Threatening Than Many Think, Int. Security
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Complexity Digest 2008.40 Next Issue TOP

  1. Behind Insurer's Crisis, Blind Eye to a Web of Risk, NY Times
    1. Economics: Can Neural Data Improve Economics?, Science
    2. Understanding Overbidding: Using the Neural Circuitry of Reward to Design Economic Auctions, Science
  2. EC Backs Business Use Of Social Networks, vnunet.com
  3. Emergent Community Structure In Social Tagging Systems, Adv. Complex Sys.
  4. A Cat's Cradle For Policy, Nature
  5. Learning From Mistakes Only Works After Age 12, Study Suggests, ScienceDaily
    1. Multiple Conflict-Driven Control Mechanisms In The Human Brain, Trends Cogn. Sc.
  6. Is Sleep Essential?, PLoS Biol
  7. Social Science: Unlocking The Potential Of The Spoken Word, Science
  8. The Coevolution of Cultural Groups and Ingroup Favoritism, Science
  9. Animal Behaviour: Counting Bee, Nature
    1. Predation Increases Acoustic Complexity In Primate Alarm Calls, Biol. Lett.
    2. Helping Behaviour And Regard For Others In Capuchin Monkeys, Biol. Lett.
  10. Sex is Always Well Worth Its Two-fold Cost, arXiv
  11. Neuroscience: An Ageing View Of Myelin Repair, Nature
    1. Aging: Searching For The Secrets Of The Super Old, Science
    2. Growing Up Too Fast May Mean Dying Young In Honey Bees, ScienceDaily
  12. Cancer: Entangled Pathways, Nature
    1. Cancer: The Metastasis Cascade, Science
  13. Intraseasonal Interaction Between The Madden-Julian Oscillation And The North Atlantic Oscillation, Nature
  14. Neuroscience: Sweet Connections, Nature
  15. Geophysics: Solid Rock Imposes Its Will On A Core's Magnetic Dynamo, Science
  16. Chemistry: Nonlinear Thinking About Molecular Energy Transfer, Science
  17. Nonlinear Dynamics: Loading The Dice, Nature
  18. What is a Systems Approach?, arXiv
  19. Complex Challenges: Global Terrorist Networks
    1. U.S. `War on Terror' Against Al-Qaeda Seen as Failure in Poll, Bloomberg
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  1. The Blunders That Led To The Banking Crisis, New Scientist
    1. Network Approach May Be The Answer To Understanding Financial ‘Contagion’, Innovations-report
  2. Distributed Robustness In Cellular Networks: Insights From Synthetic Evolved Circuits, Interface
  3. Technology Doesn't Dumb Us Down. It Frees Our Minds., NY Times
    1. Review: Lifestreaming Sites Can Organize Web Lives, PhysOrg.com
    2. Weaving a Web of Trust, Science
  4. Teaching Babies To Err, Science News
    1. Political Attitudes Vary with Physiological Traits, Science
    2. This Is The Brain On Age, Science News
  5. The Holes In Our Genomes - Scanning DNA For Structural Changes Brings New Insight Into Disease., Technology Review
    1. Team Finds Genetic Link Between Immune And Nerve Systems, PhysOrg.com
  6. Microbiology: Desperately Seeking New Antibiotics, Science
  7. Cancer Data: Burying Bad News, Science News
    1. Cancer: Hedgehog's Other Great Trick, Nature
  8. Nanoparticles: Size And Charge Matter, Science News
  9. Programmed Cell Death Contributes Force To Movement Of Cells, ScienceDaily
  10. Building a Self-Assembling Stomach-Bot, Technology Review
  11. Ecology: Privatization Prevents Collapse Of Fish Stocks, Global Analysis Shows, Science
    1. Handle With Care, Nature
    2. Biologists Identify Genes Controlling Rhythmic Plant Growth, ScienceDaily
  12. Climate Change: Illuminating the Modern Dance of Climate and CO2, Science
    1. Climate Chaos, PhysicsWorld.com Blog
    2. Blocking the Sky to Save the Earth, NY Times
  13. New Magnetic Field Could Help Explain Earth's Magnetic-Field Flipping, PhysicsWorld.com
  14. Primordial Fish Had Rudimentary Fingers, PhysOrg.com
    1. Biological Theory: Postmodern Evolution?, Nature
  15. Reward-Predictive Cues Enhance Excitatory Synaptic Strength Onto Midbrain Dopamine Neurons, Science
  16. Dynamics Of Alliance Formation And The Egalitarian Revolution, arXiv
  17. The Revolution In Military Affairs: Its Driving Forces, Elements, And Complexity, Complexity
  18. Agents And Conflict: Adaptation And The Dynamics Of War, Complexity
  19. Complex Challenges: Global Terrorist Networks
    1. Global Biosecurity In A Complex, Dynamic World, Complexity
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Complexity Digest 2008.38 Next Issue TOP

  1. Science Unveils Hidden Drivers Of Stock Bubbles And Crashes, PhysOrg.com
    1. Neuroeconomics: Subliminal Choices, Nature
  2. Traffic Jams - Queuing Conundrums - Strange As It Might Seem, Closing Roads Can Cut Delays, The Economist
  3. Computers Figuring Out What Words Mean, PhysOrg.com
    1. Warning Sounded On Web's Future, BBC News
    2. Berners-Lee Opens New Web Foundation, vnunet.com
  4. New Ant Species Found, Science News
  5. Paleoanthropology: Brainy Babies And Risky Births For Neandertals, Science
    1. Evolution: Dynamics Of Body Size Evolution, Science
  6. The Evolution Of Superstitious And Superstition-Like Behaviour, Proc. Biol. Sc.
    1. Anthropologists Develop New Approach To Explain Religious Behavior, ScienceDaily
  7. Giant Honeybees Do The Wave - Attackers Shy Away From Rippling Bee Masses, Science News
  8. A Bigger Picture - Beneath Cancer's Daunting Complexity Lies A Simplicity That Gives Grounds For Hope., Nature
    1. Cancer Complexity Slows Quest For Cure, Nature
  9. Schizophrenia: Incriminating Genomic Evidence, Nature
  10. Understanding The Limits To Generalizability Of Experimental Evolutionary Models, Nature
  11. Neural Correlates, Computation And Behavioural Impact Of Decision Confidence, Nature
    1. Remote Brainwaves Predict Future 'Eureka' Moment, ScienceDaily
    2. Unsupervised Natural Experience Rapidly Alters Invariant Object Representation in Visual Cortex, Science
    3. Chaotic Synchronization In General Network Topology For Scene Segmentation, Neurocomputing
  12. Niche Partitioning Increases Resource Exploitation by Diverse Communities, Science
    1. The Dangers Of Ignoring Stock Complexity In Fishery Management: The Case Of The North Sea cod, Biol. Lett.
  13. Understanding Soil Time, Science
    1. An Uncertain Future for Soil Carbon, Science
  14. Atmospheric Warming and the Amplification of Precipitation Extremes, Science
    1. White Roofs, Streets Could Curb Global Warming, PhysOrg.com
  15. Detecting Pollution With Living Biosensors - Color-Coded Bacteria Light The Way To Oil Spills At Sea., Technology Review
  16. Cooling, Heating, Generating Power, and Recovering Waste Heat with Thermoelectric Systems, Science
    1. Nanoflowers Improve Ultracapacitors - A Novel Design Could Boost Energy Storage., Technology Review
  17. Quantum Flashlight Pierces The Darkness With A Few Percent As Many Photons, Science
    1. Enhanced Sensitivity of Photodetection via Quantum Illumination, Science
    2. Quantum Mechanics: Entangled Families, Nature
  18. Space 'Firefly' Resembles No Known Object, NewScientist
  19. Complex Challenges: Global Terrorist Networks
    1. Al-Qaeda 'Able To Reinvent Itself', news.com.au
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Complexity Digest 2008.37 Next Issue TOP

  1. Homelands Security To Use Social Networks For Alerts, vnunet.com
    1. E-Mails, Conspiracy Rumors Plague Palin, Politico
  2. Opening Search to Semantic Upstarts, Technology Review
    1. Infovell's 'Research Engine' Finds Deep Web Pages That Google, Yahoo Miss, PhysOrg.com
  3. Big Data: Welcome To The Petacentre, Nature
    1. Big Data: Wikiomics, Nature
    2. Google Planning Offshore Data Barges, Data Center Knowledge
  4. A Systems Approach To Unravel Complex Water Management Institutions, Ecol. Complexity
  5. The Increasing Intensity Of The Strongest Tropical Cyclones, Nature
  6. Cloud-Seeding Ships Could Combat Climate Change, PhysicsWorld.com
    1. Flood Or Drought: How Do Aerosols Affect Precipitation?, Science
  7. Evolving Designer Ecosystem Sheds Light On Unintended Consequences, Innovations-report
  8. Network Scaling Reveals Consistent Fractal Pattern In Hierarchical Mammalian Societies, Biol. Lett.
  9. Biologists on the Verge of Creating New Form of Life, Wired
    1. Scientists Develop New Computational Method To Investigate Origin Of Life, ScienceDaily
  10. Highly Wired - New Brain Study Finds More Synapses In Men Than In Women, Science News
  11. Inborn Path To Math - Mathematics Ability May Be Related To An Evolutionarily Ingrained Sense For Numbers, Science News
    1. Psychology: Investigating The Psychopathic Mind, Science
  12. Neuroscience: Hippocampal Firing Patterns Linked To Memory Recall, Science
    1. Internally Generated Cell Assembly Sequences in the Rat Hippocampus, Science
  13. Gene Regulation Makes The Human, Science News
  14. Cancer Genetics: A Detailed Genetic Portrait Of The Deadliest Human Cancers, Science
  15. Multimodal Warning Signals For A Multiple Predator World, Nature
  16. Robot Spider Vs. Bee, Science News
  17. Chemical Oscillations Of Air-Seeded Bubbles In Water Driven By Ultrasound, Physical Review
  18. Geochemistry and the Biosphere / Essays by Vladimir I. Vernadsky, Book Review, Ralph Abraham
  19. Complex Challenges: Global Terrorist Networks
    1. Global Poll Shows Doubt About al-Qaida Role in 9/11 Attacks, Voice of America
    2. White House: Politics Not A Factor In Bin Laden Hunt, AFP
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Complexity Digest 2008.36 Next Issue TOP

  1. Internet Traffic Begins to Bypass the U.S., NY Times
  2. Human Behaviour: Share And Share Alike, Nature
    1. Battle Of The Sexes May Set The Brain, Nature
  3. The Early Years: Preschool Influences On Mathematics Achievement, Science
  4. The Odds It Will Kill You? See New Charts, NY Times
    1. How Much Risk Can You Handle? Making Better Investment Decisionse, ScienceDaily
  5. Social Learning Strategies And Predation Risk, Proc. Biol. Sc.
  6. War And The Evolution Of Belligerence And Bravery, Proc. Biol. Sc.
  7. Archaeology: Ancient Earthmovers Of The Amazon, Science
    1. Archaeology: The Western Amazon's "Garden Cities", Science
  8. Developmental Biology: Neuron Research Leaps Ahead, Science
    1. New Insights On New Neurons, Science News
  9. Memory Trick Shows Brain Organization, ScienceDaily
    1. Number Forms In The Brain, J. Cog. Neurosc.
    2. Physiological Society Meeting: Learning Under Anesthesia, Science
  10. New Role For Natural Killers!, Innovations-report
    1. Loss Of Sleep, Even For A Single Night, Increases Inflammation In The Body, Science Daily
  11. Scientists Discover Why Flies Are So Hard To Swat, ScienceDaily
  12. Systems Biology: Reverse Engineering The Cell, Nature
    1. Plant Science: The "Invisible Hand" Of Floral Chemistry, Science
  13. New Study Shows Solar System is Unique, The Future of Things
  14. Mighty Hurricanes Get Mightier, Science News
  15. Gaming Evolves, NY Times
  16. Massive $208 Million Petascale Computer Gets Green Light, NetworkWorld
    1. MIT Develops Network Analysis Tool: Maps Likely Hacking Routes, vnunet.com
    2. Stanford's 'Autonomous' Helicopters Teach Themselves To Fly, PhysOrg.com
  17. It's Likely That Times Are Changing, Science News
  18. Scientists Grow 'Nanonets' Able To Snare Added Energy Transfer, Science Daily
  19. Complex Challenges: Global Terrorist Networks
    1. Soft Europe, Hard Europe, theTrumpet.com
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Complexity Digest 2008.35 Next Issue TOP

  1. A Case For Nurture, Nature
    1. Innovation Policy: Not Just A Jumbo Shrimp, Nature
  2. Automatic Mental Associations Predict Future Choices Of Undecided Decision-Makers, Science
    1. Psychology: The Unseen Mind, Science
  3. Efficient Technique Enables Thinking, PhysOrg.com
  4. Is It Possible To Teach Experience? European Researchers Say Yes, ScienceDaily
  5. Face Recognition: Nurture Not Nature, ScienceDaily
  6. Spatio-Temporal Correlations And Visual Signalling In A Complete Neuronal Population, Nature
  7. Free Will Versus The Programmed Brain, Scientific American
  8. Scientists Unmask Brain's Hidden Potential, PhysOrg.com
  9. Wireless Sensors Learn From Life, PhysOrg.com
    1. Google Rolls Out Tool That Suggests Search Queries, NY Times
  10. Biophysics: Mob Rule, Nature
  11. Animal Behaviour: Crowd Control, Nature
  12. Immunology: The Power Of Tick Spit, Nature
  13. Genomics: 'Simple' Animal's Genome Proves Unexpectedly Complex, Science
    1. Exploding Chromosomes Fuel Research About Evolution, Innovations-report
  14. Self-Destructive Cooperation Mediated By Phenotypic Noise, Nature
  15. Ecology: A Matter Of Timing, Science
  16. Birds Are Tracking Climate Warming, But Not Fast Enough, Proc. Biol. Sc.
    1. Climate Indicators: Early Birds, Nature
    2. Ecology: Toward A Global Biodiversity Observing System, Science
  17. Turbulent Times for Climate Model, Science
  18. Atmospheric Chemistry: Attacked From Within, Nature
  19. Complex Challenges: Global Terrorist Networks
    1. Incubators Of Terror: Do Failed And Failing States Promote Transnational Terrorism?, Int. Studies Quar.
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Complexity Digest 2008.34 Next Issue TOP

  1. Do Subatomic Particles Have Free Will?, Science News
  2. Brain Will Be Battlefield Of Future, Warns US Intelligence Report, Guardian
    1. Scientists To Study Synthetic Telepathy, PhysOrg.com
  3. Brain's Counting Skill 'Built-In', BBC News
    1. Sleep Selectively Preserves Emotional Memories, ScienceDaily
  4. Cultural Complexity And Religion: Persistent Interaction And Conceptual Order, Culture and Religion
  5. (Dis)Integration, Incoherence And Complexity In UN Post-Conflict Interventions, Int. Peacekeeping
  6. Rise Of The Rat-Brained Robots, New Scientist
    1. Robot With A Biological Brain: New Research Provides Insights Into How The Brain Works, Innovations-report
  7. Neuroscience: State-Sanctioned Synchrony, Nature
    1. The Contribution of Single Synapses to Sensory Representation in Vivo, Science
  8. By Amplifying Cell Death Signals, Scientists Make Precancerous Cells Self-Destruct, PhysOrg.com
    1. Tumor Regression in Cancer Patients by Very Low Doses of a T Cell-Engaging Antibody, Science
  9. Survival Of The Fittest: Even Cancer Cells Follow The Laws Of Evolution, ScienceDaily
  10. Immunology: Surprising Side Effects, Nature
    1. Immunology: Neutrophil Soldiers Or Trojan Horses?, Science
    2. ALife Conference To Reveal Bio-inspired Spam Detection, ScienceDaily
  11. Biochemistry: Fit For An Enzyme, Nature
  12. Molecular Biology: Secret Weapon, Science
  13. A Blueprint to Regenerate Limbs, Technology review
  14. Slave Ants Rebel, Science News
    1. Dazzle Coloration And Prey Movement, Proc. Biol. Sc.
    2. Differential Selection According To The Degree Of Cheating In A Status Signal, Biol. Lett.
  15. Using a Poison to Turn Sunlight into Food, Scientific American
  16. Spreading Dead Zones And Consequences For Marine Ecosystems, Science
  17. Climate Prediction: Seasonal-Climate Forecasts Improving Ever So Slowly, Science
    1. Global Warming: Climate Change Hot Spots Mapped Across The United States, Science
    2. Smoke Invigoration Versus Inhibition Of Clouds Over The Amazon, Science
  18. Nanotechnology: Shaping The Void, Nature
    1. Scientists Learn From Nature To Split Water, PhysOrg.com
    2. Virus Helps To Build Tiny Battery, Nature News
    3. Materials Science: Directing Self-Assembly Toward Perfection, Science
  19. Complex Challenges: Global Terrorist Networks
    1. Good News, Bad News In Annual Terrorism Index, Homeland Security Today
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Complexity Digest 2008.33 Next Issue TOP

  1. Interdisciplinary Science: Harvard Under Review, Nature
  2. Psychology: Trust Me on This, Science
  3. Handle With Care, NY Times
  4. Never Bet Against A Pro, Science News
  5. Robots Learn To Move Themselves, BBC News
  6. Dogs Catch Human Yawns, Biol. Lett.
  7. Learning By Embryos And The Ghost Of Predation Future, Proc. Biol. Sc.
  8. Moving AHEAD With An International Human Epigenome Project, Nature
  9. Complex Decision? Don't Sleep On It, ScienceDaily
    1. Connections Between Genetics, Brain Activity And Preference Discovered, ScienceDaily
  10. Correlations And Population Dynamics In Cortical Networks, Neural Compu.
    1. Trigger For Brain Plasticity Identified: Signal Comes, Surprisingly, From Outside The Brain, ScienceDaily
  11. Evolutionary Biology: Deciphering the Genetics of Evolution, Science
    1. DNA Defense - Immune Cell Expels Its Mitochondrial DNA To Keep Invaders At Bay, Science News
  12. Tuberculosis: Shrewd Survival Strategy, Nature
  13. The Social Dynamics Of Mathematics Coursetaking In High School, Ameri. J. Socio.
  14. Agent-Based Simulation of the Trust and Tracing Game for Supply Chains and Networks, JASSS
    1. Modelling Socio-Technical Transition Patterns and Pathways, JASSS
    2. Evolution of Evolvability in Gene Regulatory Networks, PLoS Comput Biol
  15. Emergence and Collapse of Peace with Friend Selection Strategies, JASSS
  16. Large-Scale Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Self-Assembling Systems, Science
    1. Problem Solved* (*sort of), Science
  17. Invisible Hand, And A Quick One At That, Science News
  18. Astronomy: Planetary System Formation, Science
  19. Complex Challenges: Global Terrorist Networks
    1. Al-Qaeda Said to Use Regional Strife to Tighten Grip in Pakistan, Washington Post
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Complexity Digest 2008.32 Next Issue TOP

  1. Survival Of The Unfittest, The HCM Market Letter
    1. What's The Big Deal? It's The Little Things, LATimes
  2. Quantum Computing: Cloudy Computing, Nature
    1. How Cloud Computing Is Changing the World, Business Week
  3. The Dynamics of Internet Traffic: Self-Similarity, Self-Organization, and Complex Phenomena, arXiv
    1. Complex and Adaptive Dynamical Systems: A Primer, arXiv
  4. Military's Social Science Grants Raise Alarm, Washington Post
    1. Multiple Gossip Statements And Their Effect On Reputation And Trustworthiness, Proc. Biol. Sc.
  5. Knowledge, Sentience And Receptivity: A Paradigm Of Lifelong Learning, Euro. J. Edu.
  6. Science At The Olympics: Can Ice Vests Provide a Competitive Chill?, Science
    1. Science At The Olympics: Can Neuroscience Provide a Mental Edge?, Science
  7. Universal Scaling in the Branching of the Tree of Life, arXiv
    1. Across the Curious Parallel of Language and Species Evolution, PLoS Biol
  8. Dopamine Could Help The Sleep-Deprived Still Learn, Science News
  9. Cancer: Ins And Outs Of Tumour Control, Nature
    1. Thousands Of Proteins Affected By miRNAs, Nature
  10. First 'Virophage' Could Take The Fight To Viruses, New Scientist
  11. Fish Lie - Males Don't Show Their True Preferences In Front Of Rivals, Science News
    1. Life In A Bubble, Innovations-report
    2. How Some Bacteria May Steal Iron From Their Human Hosts, Innovations-report
  12. Cellular Symmetry: What Cues Tell A Cell To Divide At The Center, ScienceDaily
  13. Solar-Power Breakthrough, Technology Review
  14. Researchers Mash Google Earth With Electrical Data To Predict National Grid Problems, NetWorkWorld
    1. Energy: Upgrading The Grid, Nature
  15. Climate Change: Did You Say "Fast"?, Science
    1. Hopping Hotspots: Global Shifts in Marine Biodiversity, Science
    2. Climate Maps Offer Wildlife Hope Of Sanctuary, New Scientist
  16. Complex Clock Combines Calendars, Nature
  17. Quantum Physics Makes Water Different, Science News
    1. Nanotechnology: Patterns From Molecular Corrals, Nature
  18. Astronomy: The Cosmic Rosetta Stone, Science
    1. Dark-Matter Simulation Reveals Lumpy Haloes, PhysicsWorld.com
  19. Complex Challenges: Global Terrorist Networks
    1. New Examination Of What Makes A Terrorist, The West Australian
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Complexity Digest 2008.31 Next Issue TOP

  1. Toward A Type 1 Civilization - Along With Energy Policy, Political And Economic Systems Must Also Evolve., Los Angeles Times
    1. Cooperative Homo economicus, SFI Working Papers
    2. Is Altruism Bad for Cooperation?, SFI Working Papers
  2. Common Learning, Econometrica
  3. Life, Logic And Information, Nature
    1. Molecular Computing: A Layer Of Logic, Nature
  4. High-Aptitude Minds: The Neurological Roots of Genius, ScientificAmerican.com
  5. Gray Matters: Brain's Sleep-Time Memory Storage Gets Muddled with Age, Scientific American
    1. A Hormone That Enhances One’s Memory Of Happy Faces, Innovations-report
    2. Emotional Robots: Software Empowers Robots To Learn When A Person Is Sad, Happy Or Angry, ScienceDaily
  6. Glia Guide Brain Development In Worms, ScienceDaily
  7. Scientists Hope To Gain Insight Into Fossil Record By Studying Current Size Ranges, The New Mexican
    1. The Evolution and Distribution of Species Body Size, Science
  8. China's Challenges, Nature
    1. China: The End Of The Science Superpowers, Nature
    2. China: Where Have All The Flowers Gone?, Nature
  9. Sociology: Survey Finds Citations Growing Narrower as Journals Move Online, Science
  10. Inflammation, Nature
    1. Origin And Physiological Roles Of Inflammation, Nature
    2. Cancer-Related Inflammation, Nature
  11. The Bacteria Fight Back, Science
  12. Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Natural Environments, Science
  13. Ultrasound Uses in Medicine Heat Up, Science
  14. Protein Robustness Promotes Evolutionary Innovations on Large Evolutionary Time Scales, SFI Working Papers
  15. Genetics: Simple Sleepers, Science
  16. How The Snake Got Its Fangs, Science News
  17. Ecosystem Energetic Implications Of Parasite And Free-Living Biomass In Three Estuaries, Nature
  18. Complex Food Webs Prevent Competitive Exclusion Among Producer Species, Proc. Biol. Sc.
    1. Ecology: Assisted Colonization And Rapid Climate Change, Science
  19. Complex Challenges: Global Terrorist Networks
    1. War on Terror Out; Counterterrorism In, Wired
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Complexity Digest 2008.30 Next Issue TOP

  1. Is Google Making Us Stupid?, Atlantic Monthly
    1. Google and the Real Search for Meaning on the Web, NYTimes
    2. Wikipedia, Meet Knol, NYTimes
  2. The Pivotal Role Of News Agencies In The Context Of Globalization: A Historical Approach, Global Networks
  3. Comrades To Consumers: Study Of Advertising Reveals China's Startling Transformation, Innovations-report
  4. Context Is Everything: New Research Uncovers Key To Consumer Preferences, ScienceDaily
  5. Computer Mouse Heading For Extinction, vnunet.com
  6. Emotional Robots In The Spotlight, Innovations-report
  7. The Role Of The Orbitofrontal Cortex In The Pursuit Of Happiness And More Specific Rewards, Nature
  8. Seven Reasons Why People Hate Reason, New Scientist
  9. Behavior Genetics Association: Voting: In Your Genes?, Science
    1. The Sociable Brain, Science
    2. Do Good Sperm Predict A Good Brain?, Science
  10. Even Toddlers Get It: Data 'Chunks' Are Easier To Remember, ScienceDaily
  11. A New Strategy For Assessing Sensitivities In Biochemical Models, Phil. Trans. A
  12. Motor Neuron Disease: The Curious Ways Of ALS, Nature
  13. Signal Transduction: Linking Nutrients To Growth, Nature
  14. Systems Biology: On The Cell Cycle And Its Switches, Nature
  15. Developmental Biology: Serpent Clocks Tick Faster, Nature
  16. Country, the City Version: Farms in the Sky Gain New Interest, NYTimes
  17. Global Wind Power - Radar Data Offer Clues To Turbine Potential., Nature
  18. Physics: Let Quantum Mechanics Improve Your Images, Science
  19. Complex Challenges: Global Terrorist Networks
    1. 'Foreign' Terror? London Bombings, Resistance And The Failing State, British J. Pol. & Int. Rela.
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Complexity Digest 2008.29 Next Issue TOP

  1. Neuropolicy Center Confronts The Biological Basis Of Collective Decision Making, Emory University News Release
    1. Social Diversity Promotes The Emergence Of Cooperation In Public Goods Games, Nature
    2. The Luxurious Growth, NYTimes
    3. Simulating Closed Regimes With Agent Based Models, Complexity
  2. Government as the Big Lender, NYTimes
    1. Why Cap And Trade Could Backfire
    2. A Social Contract, Nature
  3. University Research: Steering Harvard Toward Collaborative Science, Science
    1. In Sync To Pierce The Cloud, NYTimes
  4. Self-Organization and Complex Networks, arXiv
    1. Shaping Robust System through Evolution, arXiv
    2. Synergetics and Its Application to Literature and Architecture, arXiv
  5. Archaeology: The Lost World, Nature
  6. Self-Assembling Tissues - Living Legos Can Be Directed To Form Tissue-Like Structures., Technology Review
  7. Passive Learning Imprints On The Brain Just Like Active Learning, PhysOrg.com
    1. A Good Night's Sleep Really Does Improve The Brain, Telegraph
  8. Psychiatric Genetics: The Brains Of The Family, Nature
    1. Neuroscience: Rewiring The Brain, Nature
  9. Growing Neural Implants, Technology Review
    1. 'Cross Fire' From The Brain Makes Patients Tremble, PhysOrg.com
  10. UCLA Study Identifies Mechanism Behind Mind-Body Connection, EurekAlert
  11. Why Migraines Strike, Scientific American
  12. Behind The Looking-Glass, Nature
  13. Cancer: An Unexpected Addiction, Nature
  14. Genetic Determinants of Self Identity and Social Recognition in Bacteria, Science
  15. Adaptive Numerical Competency In A Food-Hoarding Songbird, Proc. Biol. Sc.
    1. Superfast Muscles In Songbirds, Innovations-report
  16. Facing the Freshwater Crisis, Scientific American
  17. Palaeontology: Squint Of The Fossil Flatfish, Nature
  18. The Science of Leonardo da Vinci, Doubleday
  19. Complex Challenges: Global Terrorist Networks
    1. How American Treaty Behavior Threatens National Security, Int. Security
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Complexity Digest 2008.28 Next Issue TOP

  1. Will The Real Theory Of Evolution Please Stand Up? - An Expose Of The Evolution Industry, Scoop
    1. Human Evolution: Details Of Being Human, Nature
    2. Human Uniqueness-Self-Interest And Social Cooperation, J. Theor. Biol.
  2. Science And Government: An Earth Systems Science Agency, Science
    1. Arise 'Cliodynamics', Nature
    2. Indirect Social Influence, Science
  3. Origins Of Life: How Leaky Were Primitive Cells?, Nature
    1. Paleontology: Life's Innovations Let It Diversify, At Least Up To A Point, Science
  4. Ecology: Return Of The Niche, Nature
    1. Selection On Personality In A Songbird Affects Maternal Hormone Levels, Biol. Lett.
  5. The Emergence of Cloud Computing, Data Center Journal
    1. The Dangers Of Cloud Computing, InfoWorld
    2. Should Your Website Be In The Cloud?, e-consultancy
    3. 'Not A Site, But A Concept': Tapping The Power Of Social Networking, Knowledge@Wharton
    4. Surveillance Sans Frontieres: Internet-Based Emerging Infectious Disease Intelligence and the HealthMap Project, PLOS Medicine
  6. A Picowatt Processor - A Low-Power Chip Could Be Used For Implantable Medical Sensors., Technology Review
    1. Nanotubes Hold Promise for Next-Generation Computing, Wired
    2. AI Beats Human Poker Champions, EE Times
  7. Science And Music: The Ear Of The Beholder, Nature
    1. Music Went With Cave Art In Prehistoric Caves, ScienceDaily
  8. Chaotic Gene Regulatory Networks Can Be Robust Against Mutations And Noise, J. Theor. Biol.
    1. Genomics: Billion-Dollar Cancer Mapping Project Steps Forward, Science
  9. A Computational Framework For Modelling Solid Tumour Growth, Proc. A: Math., Phy. & Engg. Sc.
    1. Scientists Find Way To Dim Cancer Switch, Washington Post
    2. 'Smart Bomb' Nanoparticle Strategy Impacts Metastasis, EurekAlert
  10. Neuroscience: Predicting Psychosis, Nature
    1. Brain Chemical Shown To Induce Both Desire And Dread, EurekAlert
    2. Sick And Down, Science News
  11. Neuroscience: The Scale Of Experience, Science
    1. Neuroscience: Transient Dynamics For Neural Processing, Science
  12. Neuronal Diversity and Temporal Dynamics: The Unity of Hippocampal Circuit Operations, Science
  13. Herculean Device for Molecular Mysteries, NYTimes
  14. Atmospheric Chemistry: Her Dark Materials, Nature
  15. Fitting Food For Physics, Physicworld.com
  16. Recipe For An Avalanche, Science News
  17. Reincarnation Can Save Schrodinger's Cat - Physicists Reverse Quantum-Classical Transition., Nature
  18. Spatial Cooperativity In Soft Glassy Flows, Nature
  19. Complex Challenges: Global Terrorist Networks
    1. Radical Web Of Islam's Terror, National Post
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Complexity Digest 2008.27 Next Issue TOP

  1. Psychology: Bias At The Ballot Box, Nature
    1. Serotonin Modulates Behavioral Reactions to Unfairness, Science
    2. Scientists Identify the Brain's Activity Hub, NYTimes
  2. The Other Beetle-Hunter, Nature
  3. Evolution: Building the Tree of Life, Genome by Genome, Science
  4. F1 And GOSH - Where Motorsport And Medicine Meet, Formula1 News
  5. Managing Complex Organizations: Complexity Thinking and the Science and Art of Management, Complexity & Organization
    1. Confronting Complexity, Complexity & Organization
    2. Natural Science Models in Management: Opportunities and Challenges, Complexity & Organization
    3. Power Inside The Firm And The Market: A General Equilibrium Approach, J. Euro. Econ. Asso.
  6. Drug Discovery: A Lifeline For Suffocating Tissues, Nature
  7. 'Biased' Viruses Suggest New Vaccine Strategy For Polio And Other Diseases, Science
  8. Rapid Strengthening Of Thalamo-Amygdala Synapses Mediates Cue-Reward Learning, Nature
  9. Neuroscientists Discover A Sense Of Adventure, ScienceDaily
  10. Behavioural Neuroscience: Out Of Sight, But Not Out Of Mind, Nature
  11. Evolutionarily Preserved Signature Found In The Primate Brain, ScienceDaily
  12. Assembly Reflects Evolution Of Protein Complexes, Nature
  13. Biochemistry: Electron Relay in Proteins, Science
  14. The Carbon Productivity Challenge: Curbing Climate Change And Sustaining Economic Growth., McKinsey Global Institute Report
  15. Speciation In Plants And Animals: Pattern And Process, Phil. Tran. Biol. Sc.
    1. Plant Behaviour And Communication, Ecol. Lett.
  16. Materials Science: The Statistical Mechanics of Strain-Hardened Metals, Science
  17. A Quantum Renaissance, PhysicWorld
  18. Computational Complexity With Experiments As Oracles, Proc. A: Math., Phy. & Engg. Sc.
  19. Complex Challenges: Global Terrorist Networks
    1. Does Osama bin Laden Still Matter?, Time
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Complexity Digest 2008.26 Next Issue TOP

  1. The Economics Of Nice Folks, ScienceDaily
    1. Does the Invisible Hand Need a Helping Hand?, Reason Magazine
    2. Policies Designed for Self-Interested Citizens May Undermine "The Moral Sentiments", Science
  2. The End of Theory: The Data Deluge Makes the Scientific Method Obsolete, Wired
  3. Simpleminded Voters, Science News
  4. Playing By Numbers, Nature 453, 988-989
  5. Our Pen-and-Paper Doctors, NYTimes
  6. Math Could Help Cure Leukemia, EurekAlert
    1. Idle Computers Offer Hope to Solve Cancer's Mysteries Through Grid Computing Project, UT Austin News Release
  7. Cancer Patient Cured With His Own Immune System, NewScientist.com
    1. Cancer: Deconstructing Oncogenesis, Nature
    2. Synergistic Response To Oncogenic Mutations Defines Gene Class Critical To Cancer Phenotype, Nature
  8. Lifetime Lessons Of DNA Change, Nature News
    1. Genes And Causation, Phil. Trans. A
  9. Stay Or Go? Researchers Discover One Controller Of Cell Movement, Innovations-report
    1. Systems Properties Of Insulin Signaling Revealed, EurekAlert
    2. Models And Computational Strategies Linking Physiological Response To Molecular Networks From Large-Scale Data, Phil. Trans. A
  10. Researchers Develop Neural Implant That Learns With The Brain, U Florida Health News
  11. Animal Behaviour: Token Symbolism, Nature
    1. Symbolic Snacks, Science News
    2. Great Apes Think Ahead: Conclusive Evidence Of Advanced Planning Capacities, ScienceDaily
  12. Population Imaging Of Ongoing Neuronal Activity In The Visual Cortex Of Awake Rats, Nature Neuroscience
  13. Forest Invades Tundra ...And The New Tenants Could Aggravate Global Warming, Science News
    1. Microbial Ecology: Out Of Thin Air, Science
    2. Goldilocks Tree Leaves, Science News
  14. Meteorology: Taming The Sky, Nature
    1. Change In The Weather, Nature
  15. Geophysics: An Unpredictably Violent Fault, Science
  16. 'Flying Humvee' Robot Ships Supplies To Military Troops, Australian PC World
  17. Galaxy Map Hints At Fractal Universe, NewScientist.com
  18. Applied Physics: Diamond for Quantum Computing, Science
    1. Universal Law Of Coiling - Physicists Reveal Why Paper Curls The Way It Does., Nature
  19. Complex Challenges: Global Terrorist Networks
    1. Fight Terror With YouTube, NYTimes
    2. The Folly Of ‘Asymmetric War’, Washington Quar.
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Complexity Digest 2008.25 Next Issue TOP

  1. Humour Is Shown To Be Fundamental To Our Success As A Species, Innovations-report
  2. Grids are to Clouds as Apples are to Oranges?, GridToday
  3. Perception Of Musical Consonance And Dissonance: An Outcome Of Neural Synchronization, Interface
    1. Science & Music: Raising The Roof, Nature
  4. Top Secret: CIA Explains Its Wikipedia-Like National Security Project, Computerworld
  5. Perceptual Accuracy And Conflicting Effects Of Certainty On Risk-Taking Behaviour, Nature
    1. Psychology: Not fair!, Nature
    2. What's Mine Is Mine: Brain Scans Reveal What's Behind The Aversion To Loss Of Possessions, ScienceDaily
  6. Transfer of Learning After Updating Training Mediated by the Striatum, Science
  7. High School Grades And SAT: Still Best Predictor Of College Success, Study Says, U.S. News & World Report
    1. Study: The New SAT Is Not Much Better, Associated Press
  8. Biochemistry: How Enzymes Work, Science
  9. Change Lifestyle, Change Genes - 3 Months On Ornish Diet Changes 500 Genes, Many With Anticancer Effects, WebMD Health News
    1. Nanotechnology, Biomolecules And Light Unite To 'Cook' Cancer Cells, EurekAlert
    2. Computer Predicts Anti-Cancer Molecules, EurekAlert
    3. Cancer-Killing Viruses Influence Tumor Blood-Vessel Growth, Innovations-report
  10. Bacteria Make Major Evolutionary Shift In The Lab, New Scientist
    1. MIT Researchers Unravel Bacteria Communication Pathways, MIT News
  11. Scientists Confirm That Parts Of Earliest Genetic Material May Have Come From The Stars, Innovations-report
    1. Genetic Building Blocks May Have Formed In Space, NewScientist.com
  12. Scientists Close to Reconstructing First Living Cell, Scientific American
    1. Planetary Science: Enceladus--Oasis or Ice Ball?, Science
  13. Researchers Create Molecule That Nudges Nerve Stem Cells To Mature, PhysOrg.com
  14. Ecosystems: Have Desert Researchers Discovered A Hidden Loop In The Carbon Cycle?, Science
    1. Why Do Mountains Support So Many Species Of Birds?, Ecography
  15. Predictive Models of Forest Dynamics, Science
    1. Forests and Climate Change: Forcings, Feedbacks, and the Climate Benefits of Forests, Science
    2. Computational Intelligence Approaches For Pattern Discovery In Biological Systems, Brief. Bioinform.
  16. Geophysics: Mysterious Mountains, Nature
  17. Acoustic Cloak Designed - Objects Coated In A New Material Would Be "Hidden" From Noise., Technology Review
  18. Perfecting A Solar Cell By Adding Imperfections, EurekAlert
  19. Complex Challenges: Global Terrorist Networks
    1. AP: Exams Prove Abuse, Torture In Iraq, Gitmo, Yahoo News
    2. And War Crimes for All...., The Huffington Post
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Complexity Digest 2008.24 Next Issue TOP

  1. Anticipating The Future To 'See' The Present, NY Times
    1. Scientists Decipher The Neurological Basis Of Timely Movement, ScienceDaily
    2. The Neuroscience of Dance, Scientific American
    3. Understanding Individual Human Mobility Patterns, Nature
  2. Science & Music: Talk Of The Tone, Nature
  3. What Smartphone Makers Can Teach Legislators, Washington Post
    1. Shedding Computational Light On Human Creativity, Persp. Sc.
  4. Unmasking The Indus: - Boring No More, A Trade-Savvy Indus Emerges, Science
    1. Indus Collapse: The End Or The Beginning Of An Asian Culture?, Science
  5. High Impulsivity Predicts the Switch to Compulsive Cocaine-Taking, Science
  6. Here's Looking At You, Kid - Software Promises To Identify Blockbuster Scripts., Nature
    1. U.S. Science Funding: Encourage Risk, Help Young Researchers, Panel Advises, Science
    2. Adapting Websites to Users, Technology Review
  7. Origins Of The Brain: Complex Synapses Drove Brain Evolution, PhysOrg.com
    1. 'Party Chat' Brain Filter Discovered, New Scientist
  8. Scientists Build Mind-Reading Computer, Computerworld.com
    1. Tongue 'Display' Helps You Keep Your Balance, New Scientist
  9. Mobile Robotic Arm Taught To Manipulate Objects Such As Scissors And Shears, Science Daily
    1. The Flight of Dragonfly Robots, Technology Review
  10. Patches With Links: A Unified System For Processing Faces In The Macaque Temporal Lobe, Science
  11. Tracking the Immune System, Technology Review
    1. Researchers Show How The Brain Can Protect Against Cancer, PhysOrg.com
  12. Ecological Modelling: The Mathematical Mirror to Animal Nature, News@Nature
    1. Kin In Space: Social Viscosity In A Spatially And Genetically Substructured Network, Proc. Biol. Sc.
    2. Systems Biology: The Scale Of Prediction, Science
    3. Predictive Behavior Within Microbial Genetic Networks, Science
  13. Biological Switches And Clocks, Interface
    1. Developmental Biology: Order In The Lung, Nature
  14. Thinking Ahead: Bacteria Anticipate Coming Changes In Their Environment, PhysOrg.com
    1. Talking To Cells: Sweet Nothings: Artificial Vesicles And Bacterial Cells Communicate By Way Of Sugar Components, Innovations-report
    2. Bring In the Noise, Scientific American
    3. Steering In Quadruplet: The Complex Signaling Pathways Directing Chemotaxis, Sci. Signal
  15. Palaeobiology: The Cambrian Smorgasbord, News@Nature
    1. Genomics: Protein Fossils Live On As RNA, Nature
  16. Water-Starved California Slows Development, NY Times
  17. Multipartite Entanglement Among Single Spins In Diamond, Science
    1. The Self-Organizing Quantum, Scientific American
  18. The Determination Of The Structure Of Saturn's F Ring By Nearby Moonlets, Nature
  19. Complex Challenges: Global Terrorist Networks
    1. Countering Al-Qaeda, The Nation
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Complexity Digest 2008.23 Next Issue TOP

  1. How We See Ourselves and How We See Others, Science
    1. The Diplomat's Dilemma: Maximal Power for Minimal Effort in Social Networks, arXiv
  2. Groundbreaking UCSD Research Study To Measure "How Much Information?" Is In The World, UCSD News Release
  3. Microbiology: The Inside Story, Nature
    1. Abundance And Diversity Of Microbial Life In Ocean Crust, Nature
    2. Replaying Evolution - Scientists Show That Happenstance Mutations Matter, Science News
  4. Log Or Linear? Distinct Intuitions Of The Number Scale In Western And Amazonian Indigene Cultures, Science
    1. Why We Should Love Logarithms, News@Nature
  5. Science & Music: The Neural Roots Of Music, Nature
  6. Predicting Human Brain Activity Associated with the Meanings of Nouns, Science
  7. Measuring Research Output with Science & Technology Indicators, Scirus.com
  8. The Church Versus The Mall: What Happens When Religion Faces Increased Secular Competition?, Quart. J. Econ.
  9. The Good News In Our DNA: Defects You Can Fix With Vitamins And Minerals, PhysOrg.com
    1. Agent In Red Wine Found To Keep Hearts Young, U Wisconsin-Madison News Release
  10. Human Stem Cells Used To Cure Brain Disorder, Nature News
    1. Brain Cells Help Neighboring Nerves Regenerate, ScienceDaily
  11. Clues to Controlling Seizures, Technology Review
  12. Cancer: Whispering Sweet Somethings, Nature
    1. Self-assembled Viruses Efficiently Carry Genes And Drug Molecules Into Tumor Cells, ScienceDaily
  13. Bad Synergy, Science News
  14. Did Walking On Two Feet Begin With A Shuffle?, ScienceDaily
  15. Ancestral Monogamy Shows Kin Selection Is Key To The Evolution Of Eusociality, Science
    1. Zombie Babysitters - Not-Quite-Dead Caterpillar Victims Do Child Care For Their Killers, Science News
  16. Life Before Proteins, Science News
    1. What Makes Life Go At The Tropics?, Innovations-report
    2. Sperm Sociality: Cooperation, Altruism, and Spite, PLoS Biol
  17. Antarctica: Freeze-Dried Findings Support a Tale of Two Ancient Climates, Science
    1. Atmospheric Science: Whither Geoengineering?, Science
    2. Entomogenic Climate Change, arXiv
  18. Microrobots Dance On Something Smaller Than A Pin's Head, Physorg.com
  19. Complex Challenges: Global Terrorist Networks
    1. Perpetuating The Al-Qaeda-Iraq Myth, Time
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Complexity Digest 2008.22 Next Issue TOP

  1. Language: The Language Barrier, Nature
    1. Prior Knowledge Versus Constructed Knowledge: What Impact On Learning?, Adv. Complex Sys.
  2. Science & Music: Lost In Music, Nature
  3. How A Thriving Social Life Can Boost Lifespan, New Scientist
    1. Study Finds Big Social Factor in Quitting Smoking, NY Times
    2. With Age Comes A Sense Of Peace And Calm: Population Research Center Study Shows, Innovations-report
    3. When Your Memories Can No Longer Be Trusted, ScienceDaily
    4. Eyewitness Identification: Line-Ups On Trial, Nature
  4. Global Report On Conflict, Governance And State Fragility 2008, Foreign Policy Bull.
  5. Dutch Robot Flame Walks Like A Human, PhysOrg.com
  6. Religion Is A Product Of Evolution, Software Suggests, New Scientist
  7. Differential Rescue of Light- and Food-Entrainable Circadian Rhythms, Science
  8. Matching Tumors To Drugs - A Clinical Trial Offers A First Step Toward Personalizing Cancer Treatments., Technology Review
    1. Unlocking The Promise Of Clinical And Translational Science, ScienceDaily
  9. The Inner Lives of Sponges, Science
  10. Biophysics: Cells Get In Shape For A Crawl, Nature
    1. Cell 'Organs' Get Plastic Upgrades, New Scientist
  11. Confusing Kinships, Science
    1. The Microbial Engines That Drive Earth's Biogeochemical Cycles, Science
    2. Microbial Ecology of Ocean Biogeochemistry: A Community Perspective, Science
    3. Microbiology: Bacteria Are Picky About Their Homes on Human Skin, Science
  12. Linear And Nonlinear Processing In Hair Cells, J. Experi. Biol.
  13. Community Ecology: All That Makes Fungus Gardens Grow, Science
  14. Global Warming: Hurricanes Won't Go Wild, According to Climate Models, Science
  15. Complex Networks: from Biology to Information Technology, J. Phys. A
    1. Mapping Global Sensitivity Of Cellular Network Dynamics, Interface
  16. Epigenetic Tracking, a Method to Generate Arbitrary Shapes By Using Evolutionary-Developmental Techniques, arXiv
  17. Doughnut-Shaped Universe Bites Back, News@Nature
  18. A Levy Flight For Light, Nature
  19. Complex Challenges: Global Terrorist Networks
    1. Terrorism On Decline: Canadian Study, AFP
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Complexity Digest 2008.21 Next Issue TOP

  1. Economics: The Promise of Prediction Markets, Science
  2. A Theory for the Formation of Large Agrarian Empires, SFI Working Papers
    1. The Neolithic Demographic Transition in the U.S. Southwest, SFI Working Papers
  3. The Evolution Of Music, Nature
    1. Godel, Escher, Chopin - Inuitive Links Between Musical Chords And Geometries, Science News
  4. Scientists Get A 2nd Life, Science News
  5. To How Many Politicians Should Government Be Left?, SFI Working Papers
    1. The Undeciders - More Decision-Makers Bring Less Efficiency, Science News
  6. New Insights Into The Dynamics Of The Brain's Cortex, ScienceDaily
    1. Free Choice Activates A Decision Circuit Between Frontal And Parietal Cortex, Nature
    2. Older Brain Really May Be a Wiser Brain, NY Times
    3. Exploring The Mechanics Of Judgment, Beliefs: Technique Images Brain Activity When We Think Of Others, ScienceDaily
    4. Sleep Deprivation Affects Ability To Make Sense Of What We See, EurekAlert
  7. HIV Infection Stems from Few Viruses, U Alabama at Birmingham News Release
  8. Defeating Drug Resistance in Pathogens: Guidance from Evolutionary Theory, SFI Working Papers
    1. Google Health: A Quick Hands-On Look, Washington Post
    2. Pollution And Blood Clots - Particles May Pose Risk At Levels Present In Many U.S. Cities, Science News
  9. Simple Artificial Cell Created From Scratch To Study Cell Complexity, ScienceDaily
    1. Signal Transduction: The Rhodopsin Story Continued, Nature
  10. Entomology: A Mosquito Goes Global, Science
    1. Bring In The Replacements - Field Experiments Suggest Introduced Species Could Play Understudy For Extinct Ones, Science News
  11. I, Computer - Engineered Bacteria Become The First Living Computers, Science News
  12. Surface Tension Transport of Prey by Feeding Shorebirds: The Capillary Ratchet, Science
    1. Biophysics: The Intrigue of the Interface, Science
    2. The Energetic Cost of Climbing in Primates, Science
  13. Plant Biology: In Their Neighbour's Shadow, Nature
  14. Climate Change: Attributing Cause And Effect, Nature
  15. Self-Repairing Aircraft Could Revolutionize Aviation Safety, PhysOrg.com
    1. Stress and Fold Localization in Thin Elastic Membranes, Science
  16. More Missing Cosmic Matter Found, Space.com
    1. Physicists Demonstrate How Information Can Escape From Black Holes, ScienceDaily
  17. The Ant Colony Algorithm For Feature Selection In High-Dimension Gene Expression Data For Disease Classification, Math. Medi. & Biol.
  18. Obituary: Edward N. Lorenz (1917-2008) - Meteorologist And Father Of Chaos Theory., Nature
  19. Complex Challenges: Global Terrorist Networks
    1. Islamic Bankers Versus Islamic Terrorists, Kuwait Times
    2. Wider Antiterror Role for Elite Forces Rejected, NY Times
    3. Natural Security: Ecologist Says Evolution Offers Important Lessons for Security Policy, AAAS News
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Complexity Digest 2008.20 Next Issue TOP

  1. Climate Scientists Call For Their Own 'Manhattan Project', New Scientist
    1. Berkeley Lab Researchers Propose a New Breed of Supercomputers, Berkeley Lab Research News
  2. Change We Can Stomach, NY Times
    1. Will High Gasoline Prices Spur Innovation?, Knowledge@Emory
  3. Programmed Death Boosts Business, Innovations-report
  4. Archaeology: Ancient Algae Suggest Sea Route For First Americans, Science
    1. Monte Verde: Seaweed, Food, Medicine, And The Peopling Of South America, Science
    2. Ecology: How The Sahara Became Dry, Science
  5. Two New Ways To Explore The Virtual Universe, In Vivid 3-D, NY Times
    1. Web Start-Up Unveils Semantic Wikipedia Search Tool, Reuters
  6. Your Brain On Ethics, Science Now
    1. Neurobiology: The Roots Of Morality, Science
    2. Justice In The Brain: Equity And Efficiency Are Encoded Differently, ScienceDaily
    3. How The Brain Detects The Emotions Of Others, New Scientist
  7. Science & Music: Facing The Music, Nature
  8. Bountiful Noise, Nature
    1. Earth Science: Harnessing The Hum, Nature
    2. Cell Biology: The Cellular Hullabaloo, Nature
  9. Spatial Regulators For Bacterial Cell Division Self-Organize Into Surface Waves In Vitro, Science
    1. Biochemistry: Tinkering With Acellular Division, Science
  10. Smart Microbes - Bacteria Anticipate Changing Environments, Science News
    1. Bacteria 'Can Learn', News@Nature
  11. Giant Bacterium Carries Thousands of Genomes, News@Nature
  12. Cuckoo–Hawk Mimicry? An Experimental Test, Proc. Biol. Sc.
  13. Genomics: Genome Speaks To Transitional Nature Of Monotremes, Science
  14. The Dynamics Of Developmental System Drift In The Gene Network Underlying Wing Polyphenism In Ants: A Mathematical Model, Evol. & Dev.
  15. Flies' Eyes Could Enhance Robot Vision, PhysOrg.com
  16. Scaling Theory For Information Networks, Interface
  17. Concept and Definition of Complexity, arXiv
  18. Quantum Information: Stopping The Rot, Nature
  19. Complex Challenges: Global Terrorist Networks
    1. Terrorism Report Highlights Continuing Global Challenge, News Blaze
    2. Country Reports on Terrorism 2007, U.S. Department of State
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Complexity Digest 2008.19 Next Issue TOP

  1. S Kauffman: Rethink Evo, Self-Organization Is Real, Scoop.co.nz
    1. Can You Become a Creature of New Habits?, NY Times
  2. Extracting The Structure Of Networks, ZDNet
    1. Networks: Teasing Out The Missing Links, Nature
    2. Scientists Develop Technique For Extracting Hierarchical Structure Of Networks, ScienceDaily
    3. Hierarchical Structure And The Prediction Of Missing Links In Networks, Nature
  3. A General Model for Food Web Structure, Science
  4. Network Structure and Dynamics, and Emergence of Robustness by Stabilizing Selection in an Artificial Genome, arXiv
  5. Science Teaching Must Evolve, Nature
  6. Head In The Clouds, GlobeandMail.com
  7. Pursuing the Next Level of Artificial Intelligence, NY Times
    1. Piecing Together The Next Generation Of Cognitive Robots, Science Daily
    2. Robobug Goes To War: Troops To Use Electronic Insects To Spot Enemy 'By End Of The Year', Daily Mail
  8. Quantitative Genetic Studies Of Antisocial Behaviour, Phil. Tran. Biol. Sc.
    1. United We Stand: When Cooperation Butts Heads With Competition, ScienceDaily
    2. Neurocognitive Inefficacy Of The Strategy Process, Ann NY Acad Sci
  9. Gene Therapy: Two Teams Report Progress in Reversing Loss of Sight, Science
    1. UC San Diego Researchers Target Tumors with Tiny 'Nanoworms', UCSD News Release
  10. Neurobiology: Pecking Order, Nature
  11. A Specialized Forebrain Circuit for Vocal Babbling in the Juvenile Songbird, Science
    1. Birds Can 'See' The Earth's Magnetic Field, New Scientist
    2. Birds Can Tell If You Are Watching Them -- Because They Are Watching You, ScienceDaily
  12. Single-Celled Bacterium Works 24-7: Converting Light To Energy By Day, Moonlighting At Night, Innovations-report
  13. Platypus Genome Reveals Secrets of Mammal Evolution, National Geographic News
  14. A Striped Ocean Hiding In Plain Sight, Ars Technica
    1. Stationary Mesoscale Jet-Like Features In The Ocean, Geophysical Research Letters
    2. Global Warming: Mother Nature Cools the Greenhouse, but Hotter Times Still Lie Ahead, Science
    3. 'Smart' Power Meters Herald Future Of Our Electricity Use, AP,Physorg.com
  15. Electronics: The Fourth Element, Nature
    1. The Missing Memristor Found, Nature
  16. Chemistry: Synchronized Self-Assembly, Science
    1. Self-Perfection In Nanomanufacturing, Nanowerk Spotlight
  17. Insights Into Symmetry, Science News
  18. Physics: Quantum All The Way, Nature
    1. Coherent Control of Decoherence, Science
  19. Complex Challenges: Global Terrorist Networks
    1. What Terrorists Really Want: Terrorist Motives And Counterterrorism Strategy, Int. Security
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Complexity Digest 2008.18 Next Issue TOP

  1. Physicist Seeks 'Deeper' View Of Nature, Societies, ColumbiaTribune
  2. Wall Street, Run Amok, NY Times
  3. Ancient Ecosystems Organized Much Like Our Own, Science Daily
  4. Learning Theory: The Advantage of Abstract Examples in Learning Math, Science
    1. Mechanisms Of Memory Identified: Major Step Forward In Understanding How Memory Works, Innovations-report
  5. My Brain On Booze - A Unique EEG Test Reveals How Alcohol Sets The Brain Aglow., Technology Review
    1. Shining Light On The Brain's Activity, ScienceDaily
    2. Neurobiology And The Development Of Violence: Common Assumptions And Controversies, Phil. Tran. Biol. Sc.
  6. Social Transmission Of Nectar-Robbing Behaviour In Bumble-Bees, Proc. Biol. Sc.
  7. Climate Change: Carbon Crucible, Science
    1. Down With Carbon, Science News
  8. Rest In Peace Nanobacteria, You Were Not Alive After All, Science News
  9. Old Drug Offers New Tricks For Fighting Cancer, Science News
    1. Scientists Provide Explanation For How Cancer Spreads, PhysOrg.com
  10. Triggering Autoimmune Assaults, Science News
  11. The Big Ome - It's Time To Make The Case For Proteins., Nature
    1. Metabolism: Food Alert, Nature
  12. Green Genes, Science
    1. Extending Genomics to Natural Communities and Ecosystems, Science
    2. From Genotype to Phenotype: Systems Biology Meets Natural Variation, Science
  13. Gene Transcription: Two Worlds Merged, Nature
  14. The Effect of Recombination on the Neutral Evolution of Genetic Robustness, arXiv
  15. Paleoanthropology: When Hobbits (Slowly) Walked the Earth, Science
    1. Hobbit Wars, Science News
  16. Disorder And Decision Cost In Spatial Networks, Chaos
  17. Maximum Power Efficiency and Criticality in Random Boolean Networks, arXiv
  18. Superconductors Redux - Yet Another Surprise Has Been Uncovered In The Complex Oxides., Nature
  19. Complex Challenges: Global Terrorist Networks
    1. US Report Says Al-Qaida Gaining Strength, Associated Press
    2. Al-Qaeda Readies in Pakistan, While America Waits, NewsWeek/WashightonPost
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Complexity Digest 2008.17 Next Issue TOP

  1. Business Strategies For Climate Change, The McKinsey Quarterly
    1. Running Out of Planet to Exploit, NYTimes
  2. Music Theory: Geometrical Music Theory, Science
  3. Get Smarter: 12 Hacks That Will Amp Up Your Brainpower, Wired
  4. Ecology: Destabilized Fish Stocks, Nature
  5. Laptops as Earthquake Sensors, Technology Review
  6. To Defeat A Malicious Botnet, Build A Friendly One, New Scientist
  7. Universal 'Babelfish' Could Translate Alien Tongues, New Scientist
    1. "I’m Listening” - Conversations With Computers, Innovations-report
  8. Evolution: 24 Myths And Misconceptions, New Scientist
    1. Is Religion an Evolutionary Adaptation?, JASSS
  9. Slowly-Developing Primates Definitely Not Dim-Witted, Innovations-report
  10. Systems Biology: Genome Rewired, Nature
  11. Synchrony And Entrainment Properties Of Robust Circadian Oscillators, Interface
    1. Rate Constants Rather Than Biochemical Mechanism Determine Behaviour Of Genetic Clocks, Interface
  12. Second Family Of High-Temperature Superconductors Discovered, ScienceNow Daily News
  13. Quantum Computation: The Dreamweaver's Abacus, Nature
    1. Quantum Physics: Debut Of The Quarter Electron, Nature
    2. Are Particles Self-Organized Systems?, arXiv
  14. Behind Analysts, the Pentagon's Hidden Hand, NY Times
    1. Experiential Learning In An Arms Control Simulation, PS: Pol. Sc. & Politics
  15. Book Review: Social Simulation: Technologies, Advances and New Discoveries (Premier Reference), JASSS
  16. Book Review: Agent-Based Models, JASSS
  17. Attack Of The Clones: A Pragmatic Guide To Maintaining A Research Agenda, PS: Pol. Sc. & Politics
  18. Edward N. Lorenz, 90; Scientist Developed Influential Chaos Theory, Los Angeles Times
  19. Complex Challenges: Global Terrorist Networks
    1. The Myth of Grass-Roots Terrorism, Foreign Affairs
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Complexity Digest 2008.16 Next Issue TOP

  1. Rise Of The Digital Machine, Nature
    1. He Wrote 200,000 Books (but Computers Did Some of the Work), NY Times
  2. Traders' Raging Hormones Cause Stock Market Swings, New Scientist
    1. Anticipating A Laugh Reduces Our Stress Hormones, ScienceDaily
  3. The Virtues and Vices of Equilibrium and the Future of Financial Economics, SFI Working Papers
    1. The Market Organism: Long Run Survival in Markets with Heterogeneous Traders, SFI Working Papers
  4. Emerging Markets in an Anxious Global Economy, SFI Working Papers
  5. Social Preferences and Public Economics: Mechanism design when social preferences depend on incentives, SFI Working Papers
    1. Physicists Model How We Form Opinions, PhysOrg.com
  6. Neanderthals Speak Out After 30,000 Years, New Scientist
  7. Brain Scanner Predicts Your Future Moves, New Scientist
  8. Ten Weirdest Computers, New Scientist
    1. Novel Living System Recreates Predator-Prey Interaction, EurekAlert
  9. All In The Family - For Some Animals, The Ideal Mate Is A Brother, Sister Or Cousin, Science News
  10. Medicine: Drug Bestows Radiation Resistance On Mice And Monkeys, Science
    1. Immunology: Blood Lines Redrawn, Nature
  11. Out Of Thin Air - Scientists Pursue Nitrogen Fixers With An Aim To Harness Their Secrets - And Feed The World, Science News
  12. Macrophysiology For A Changing World, Proc. Biol. Sc.
    1. The Volcano That Changed the World, News@Nature
  13. Amplification of Cretaceous Warmth by Biological Cloud Feedbacks, Science
    1. Curious Cloud Formations Linked To Quakes, New Scientist
    2. Shooting Clouds With Lasers Triggers Electrical Discharge, New Scientist
  14. Beyond Robins: Aerodynamic Analyses Of Animal Flight, Interface
    1. Golden Hamsters Are Nocturnal In Captivity But Diurnal In Nature, Biol. Lett.
  15. Nanoshuttle On the Right Track, News@Nature
    1. Researchers Create The First Thermal Nanomotor In The World, EurekAlert
  16. Gauging a Collider's Odds of Creating a Black Hole, NY Times
  17. Quantum Physics: Observations Turn Up The Heat, Nature
  18. The Arms Trade And States' Duty To Ensure Respect For Humanitarian And Human Rights Law, J. Conflict & Security Law
  19. Complex Challenges: Global Terrorist Networks
    1. Smith Invites Moderate Imams Into UK To Help Muslim Communities Fight Extremism, The Guardian
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Complexity Digest 2008.15 Next Issue TOP

  1. The Promise of Cancer Research, Science
  2. Mismanaged Measures, Nature
    1. Drug Markers Questioned, Nature
  3. The Cancer Biomarker Problem, Nature
    1. Mining The Plasma Proteome For Cancer Biomarkers, Nature
  4. Imaging In The Era Of Molecular Oncology, Nature
  5. Tumour Maintenance Is Mediated By eNOS, Nature
  6. Mitochondrial Mutations Make Tumors Spread, Science Now
  7. Stem Cells Made To Mimic Disease, BBC News
    1. Feed That Cold! New Study Shows That Lower Food Intake Has A Negative Effect On Immune System, Innovations-report
  8. You, In A Dish - Cultured Human Cells Could Put Lab Animals Out Of Work For Chemical And Drug Testing, Science News
  9. Stochasticity and Cell Fate, Science
  10. From ‘Understanding The Brain By Creating The Brain’ Towards Manipulative Neuroscience, Phil. Tran. Biol. Sc.
    1. Episodic-Like Memory in Rats: Is It Based on When or How Long Ago?, Science
  11. NYU Dental Professor Discovers Biological Clock, Innovations-report
  12. A Place In The Sun, Innovations-report
  13. 'Darwin Chip' Brings Evolution Into The Classroom, New Scientist
  14. Carbon-Trading Market Has Uncertain Future - Clean Development Mechanism May Be Capped., Nature
  15. Quantum Cocoon - Diamonds Are A Physicist's - And Perhaps Quantum Computing's - Best Friend, Science News
    1. Newly Discovered 'Superinsulators' Promise To Transform Materials Research, Electronics Design, PhysOrg.com
  16. Music Theory: Creating Musical Variation, Science
  17. Hot, Bright, Massive Stars Have Complex Mixing Processes In Their Great Depths, ScienceDaily
  18. Short- And Long-Term Effects Of United Nations Peace Operations, World Bank Econ. Rev.
  19. Complex Challenges: Global Terrorist Networks
    1. Crackdown on Militias May Add to Instability in Iraq, NY Times
    2. Building A Legal Framework For Torture, Aljazeera
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Complexity Digest 2008.14 Next Issue TOP

  1. Economics: When a Commodity Is Not Exactly a Commodity, Science
    1. Market Manipulation, or Just Business as Usual?, Knowledge@Wharton
    2. Addressing Consumer Concerns About Climate Change, The McKinsey Quarterly
  2. Blind to Change, Even as It Stares Us in the Face, NY Times
  3. European Roots: Human Ancestors Go Back In Time In Spanish Cave, Science News
  4. What's Cookin' - Science Is In The Kitchen, And The Results Are Good For Our Taste Buds, Science News
    1. Brain's 'Sixth Sense' For Calories Discovered, ScienceDaily
  5. Neuroscience: Strength In Numbers, Nature
  6. Freedom of Expression, Science
    1. Genetics Of Gene Expression And Its Effect On Disease, Nature
    2. MicroRNAs Make Big Impression in Disease After Disease, Science
    3. Gene Regulation in the Third Dimension, Science
    4. Complex Riboswitches, Science
  7. Bugs Provoke The Immune System Into Fighting Cancer, New Scientitst
    1. UCLA Researchers Design Nanomachine That Kills Cancer Cells, PhysOrg.com
    2. Anticancer siRNA Therapy Advances, Thanks To Nanoparticles, Nanowerk News
    3. A New Way To Fight Cancer: The Silver Shield, PhysOrg.com
  8. The Complexities Of Genetic Susceptibility To Tuberculosis Revealed, Innovations-report
    1. Mouse, Heal Thyself: Therapeutic Cloning From A Mouse's Own Cells, Science News
  9. The Art Of Self-Defence, Nature
  10. 'Artificial Cell' Can Make Its Own Genes, New Scientist
  11. Pleiotropic Scaling Of Gene Effects And The 'Cost Of Complexity', Nature
    1. Reason For Almost Two Billion Year Delay In Animal Evolution On Earth Discovered, ScienceDaily
  12. Climate Change: Study Fingers Soot as a Major Player in Global Warming, Science
  13. Major Evolutionary Transitions In Ant Agriculture, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA
  14. Who's Bad? Chimps Figure It Out By Observation, ScienceDaily
    1. Foraging In Honeybees—When Does It Pay To Dance?, Behav. Ecol.
    2. Behavioral Ecology: Smart Birds Lend a Beak for Food, Science
    3. Rule Learning by Rats, Science
  15. Live Another Day: African Insect Survives Drought In Glassy State, Science News
  16. Evolution Of Learning In Fluctuating Environments, Evolution
    1. Robotic Minds Think Alike?, Innovations-report
    2. Virtual Pets Can Learn Just Like Babies, New Scientist
  17. Chemistry: The Photon Trap, Nature
    1. Catalysis: Triumph Of A Chemical Underdog, Nature
    2. Nanoelectronics: Spin Surprise In Carbon, Nature
  18. Hypercubes Could Be Building Blocks of Nanocomputers, PhysOrg.com
    1. Quantum Effects Could Shed Light On Hazy Images, New Scientist
    2. Dimensions Of Space-Time Used To Order Potential Universes., Nature
  19. Complex Challenges: Global Terrorist Networks
    1. Jihadi Studies - The Obstacles To Understanding Radical Islam And The Opportunities To Know It Better, Times Online
    2. Memo Sheds New Light on Torture Issue, NY Times
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Complexity Digest 2008.13 Next Issue TOP

  1. A Fresh Approach To Water, Nature
    1. Water: Purification With A Pinch Of Salt, Nature
    2. Science And Technology For Water Purification In The Coming Decades, Nature
    3. Water: Water - An Enduring Mystery, Nature
  2. Improving On Haves And Have-Nots, Nature
    1. The Energy Challenge, Nature
    2. Insects And Institutions: Managing Emergent Hazards In The U.S. Southwest, J. Environ. Policy & Planning
  3. Road To Eureka! - Insight May Lie At The End Of A Chain Of Neural Reactions, Science News
    1. People Move Like Predators, Science News
    2. Human Behaviour: Punisher Pays, Nature
  4. Algorithm Finds The Network - For Genes Or The Internet, Innovations-report
    1. Researchers Create Next-Generation Software To Identify Complex Cyber Network Attacks, Innovations-report
  5. From Risk To Uncertainty, Toronto Globe and Mail
  6. A School Where STEM ["Sci, Tech, Eng, Math", Ed] Is King, Education Week
    1. Igniting Girls' Interest in Science, Science
  7. Neuroscience: Detailed Differences, Science
    1. Neuroscience: A Protoplasmic Kiss to Remember, Science
    2. Identifying Natural Images From Human Brain Activity, Nature
    3. Reconstruction Of Eye Movements During Blinks, Chaos
  8. Physiology: Brain Comes To Light, Nature
    1. US Army Toyed With Telepathic Ray Gun, New Scientist
    2. Sewer-Gas-Induced Suspended Animation Is Rapid And Reversible, Massachusetts General Hospital News Release
  9. Revealing The Paradox Of Drug Reward In Human Evolution, Proc. Biol. Sc.
    1. Drive to Complexity Seen in Animal Evolution, World Science
  10. Therapeutic Cloning Used To Treat Brain Disease, New Scientist
    1. Stanford Researchers Unmask Proteins In Telomerase, A Substance That Enables Cancer, Stanford University Medical Center News Release
    2. Gene Targeting Raises Cure Hopes, BBC News
    3. Imaging the Genetic Profile of a Tumor, Technology Review
  11. Finch Concerts: Female Bird Brain Notes Male Attention, Science News
    1. Love Code: A Twist Of Light Only Mantis Shrimp Can See, Science News
    2. New Form of Vision Discovered, Science Now
    3. Drosophila Egg-Laying Site Selection as a System to Study Simple Decision-Making Processes, Science
  12. What Does a Plant Sound Like?, ScienceNOW Daily News
    1. Computers Show How Bats Classify Plants According To Their Echoes, ScienceDaily
  13. From Dark Matter To Light - New Models Of Galaxy Formation Show The Gastro In Physics, Science News
  14. In The Beginning: More Early Clues For Life At Home, Out There, Science News
    1. Extrasolar Planets: A Whiff Of Methane, Nature
    2. Saturn's Titan Moon May Harbor Hidden Ocean of Water, Bloomberg
  15. Nanominerals, Mineral Nanoparticles, and Earth Systems, Science
  16. Replacing Wire With Laser, Sun Tries to Speed Up Data, NY Times
  17. Researchers' Push: Reinvent Computing, NY Times
  18. GraphStream: A Tool for bridging the gap between Complex Systems and Dynamic Graphs, arXiv
  19. Complex Challenges: Global Terrorist Networks
    1. U.S. Experts Will Stage Climate War Game, UPI
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Complexity Digest 2008.12 Next Issue TOP

  1. Archaeology: Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants, Science
    1. The Late Pleistocene Dispersal Of Modern Humans In The Americas, Science
  2. Genetic Basis Of Fitness Differences In Natural Populations, Nature
  3. The Natural Selection Of Business, Innovations-report
    1. To Bet Or Not To Bet: How The Brain Learns To Estimate Risk, ScienceDaily
  4. Altruistic Twist In Market Economies, Science News
    1. Markets Can Save Forests, Nature
  5. Six Degrees of Messaging, News@Nature
  6. Stem-Cell Claim Gets Cold Reception - Carbon Nanotubes Used To Reprogramme Adult Human Cells?, Nature
    1. Systems Biology: Customized Signaling Circuits, Science
    2. Direct Visualization of Horizontal Gene Transfer, Science
    3. 'Tumour Factory' To Accelerate Cancer Drug Development, New Scientist
  7. Tomorrow's Stars: Intel Science Talent Search Honors High Achievers, Science News
  8. Neuroscience: A Quiescent Working Memory, Science
    1. Synaptic Theory of Working Memory, Science
    2. Dual Role: Painkiller May Affect Brain, Science News
    3. Towards Understanding Of The Cortical Network Underlying Associative Memory, Phil. Tran. Biol. Sc.
  9. Neuroscience: Hiding From Biting Insects in Plain Scent, Science
  10. Biochemistry: Radicals By Reduction, Nature
    1. Nanotubes Measure DNA Conductivity, Physics World
  11. Weather Maker, Science News
    1. The Next Ocean - Humanity's Extra CO2 Could Brew A New Kind Of Sea, Science News
  12. How Alligators Rock And Roll: Reptiles' Muscles Move Lungs For Sneaky Maneuvers In Water, Innovations-report
  13. Biodiversity Inhibits Species’ Evolutionary Responses To Changing Environments, Ecol. Lett.
    1. Evolution of Complex Modular Biological Networks, PLoS Comput Biol
  14. The Ultimate Future of Artificial Life: Towards Artificial Cosmogenesis, arXiv
  15. State Of The Universe: Microwave Glow Powers Cosmic Insights, Science News
  16. Computer Science: Hash of the Future?, Science
    1. Sensors For Bat-Inspired Spy Plane Under Development, Physorg.com
  17. Communicating Science: Fresh Renderings Of Physics, Science
  18. Spoil-Proofing Elections, Science News
  19. Complex Challenges: Global Terrorist Networks
    1. U.S. Adapts Cold-War Idea to Fight Terrorists, NY Times
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Complexity Digest 2008.11 Next Issue TOP

  1. Cooperation, Punishment And Revenge In Economics And Society, Science Daily
    1. Behavior: Punishment and Cooperation, Science
    2. Antisocial Punishment Across Societies, Science
  2. Neuroscience, Evolution And The Sapient Paradox: The Factuality Of Value And Of The Sacred, Phil. Tran. Biol. Sc.
  3. Tool Use, Communicative Gesture And Cerebral Asymmetries In The Modern Human Brain, Phil. Tran. Biol. Sc.
    1. Between Brains, Bodies And Things: Tectonoetic Awareness And The Extended Self, Phil. Tran. Biol. Sc.
  4. Distributed Robustness in Cellular Networks: Insights from Synthetic Evolved Circuits, SFI Working Papers
    1. Spontaneous Coordinated Activity in Cultured Networks: Analysis of Multiple Ignition Sites, Primary Circuits, and Burst Phase Delay Distributions, SFI Working Papers
    2. To Aim Ads, Web Is Keeping Closer Eye on You, NY Times
    3. Web Mashups Made Easy, Technology Review
  5. Social Networking Moves to the Cellphone, NY Times
  6. Riff Riders: Brain Scans Tune In To Jazz Improvisers, Science News
  7. Brain Enhancement Is Wrong, Right?, NY Times
    1. A Complex In Psychosis, Nature
    2. Short-Term Stress Can Affect Learning And Memory, PhysOrg.com
  8. Researchers Discover The Structural Alphabet Of RNA, PhysOrg.com
  9. Nanotech Puts Cancer In The Cross Hairs, Forbes
    1. An Oncogene-Induced DNA Damage Model for Cancer Development, Science
  10. Signal Transduction: Sweet Conundrum, Science
    1. Keeping It Regular With Protons, Nature
  11. Mind Reading with Functional MRI
  12. Genomics: Fungal Symbiosis Unearthed, Nature
  13. 3-D Modeling Advance, Technology Review
    1. Predictive Information and Explorative Behavior of Autonomous Robots, SFI Working Papers
    2. How Does Your Quasicrystal Grow?, Nature
    3. Quantum Physics: Tangled Memories, Nature
  14. Levitating Joystick Improves Computer Feedback, New Scientist
  15. A World Without Trucks, Low-tech Magazine
    1. Notes On The Theorizing Of Global Environmental Politics, Global Env. Politics
    2. Oceanography: Red Tide Rising, Nature
  16. Visualizing Complex Pigment Mixtures In Living Cells, ScienceDaily
  17. Language Of A Fly Proves Surprising, PhysOrg.com
  18. Age and Evolution of the Grand Canyon Revealed by U-Pb Dating of Water Table-Type Speleothems, Science
    1. Earth's Rotation May Account For Wayward Spacecraft, New Scientist
  19. Complex Challenges: Global Terrorist Networks
    1. US Seeks Terrorists In Web Worlds, BBC News
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Complexity Digest 2008.10 Next Issue TOP

  1. The Role Of Cultural Practices In The Emergence Of Modern Human Intelligence, Phil. Tran. Biol. Sc.
  2. Stock Exchange For ‘Grid’ Computing?, Innovations-report
  3. Strict Ordering Slashes Tarmac Time, Nature
  4. Imitation and Cooperation in Different Helping Games, JASSS
    1. The Shared Reward Dilemma, J. Theor. Biol.
    2. Facultative Cheater Mutants Reveal The Genetic Complexity Of Cooperation In Social Amoebae, Nature
  5. The Digital Utility, Technology Review
  6. Knowledge Technologies, arXiv
  7. Neurons Use Chemical 'Chords' To Shape Signaling, ScienceDaily
  8. St. Jude Researchers Find Key Step In Programmed Cell Death, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital News
  9. Immune Systems Increasingly On Attack, Washington Post
    1. Cancer: Crossing Over To Drug Resistance, Nature
  10. Understanding the Web of Life: The Birds, the Bees, and Sex with Aliens, PLoS Biol
  11. The Evolutionary and Developmental Foundations of Mathematics, PLoS Biol
  12. Scaling Laws Of Marine Predator Search Behaviour, Nature
    1. Evidence for biological Levy flights stands, arXiv
  13. Biology Is Only Part Of The Story …, Phil. Tran. Biol. Sc.
  14. Key To Life Before Its Origin On Earth May Have Been Discovered, ScienceDaily
  15. Ubiquity of Biological Ice Nucleators in Snowfall, Science
  16. Quantum Wonderland, Science
    1. Quantum Critical Electron Systems: The Uncharted Sign Worlds, Science
    2. Quantum Information Matters, Science
    3. Atomic Physics: Insights Flow From Ultracold Atoms That Mimic Superconductors, Science
  17. Physics: Complexity in Fusion Plasmas, Science
  18. The New Art of War, Washington Post
  19. Complex Challenges: Global Terrorist Networks
    1. The War On Terror In American Grand Strategy, Int. Affairs
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Complexity Digest 2008.09 Next Issue TOP

  1. Complex Systems: Ecology For Bankers, Nature
    1. Economics: Learning with Regret, Science
    2. Predicting Human Interactive Learning by Regret-Driven Neural Networks, Science
  2. Stock Exchange For 'Grid' Computing?, PhysOrg.com
  3. Does China Have Inflationary Effects On The USA And Japan?, China & World Econ.
  4. Probing Question: Is the Electoral College an outdated system?, Penn State Live
  5. SCImago Journal Rankings, SCImago Journal & Country Rank
    1. The New Networking Nexus, Nature
    2. An Indifference To Boundaries, Nature
  6. Making Memories: Insight Into How Learning Strengthens The Ties Between Neurons, Technology Review
    1. Study Identifies New Patterns Of Brain Activation Used In Forming Long-Term Memories, Eurekalert
  7. Pentagon Report Investigated Lasers That Put Voices In Your Head, PhysOrg.com
  8. How Human Intelligence Evolved--Is It Science Or 'Paleofantasy'?, Science
    1. Big Brains, Small Worlds: Material Culture And The Evolution Of The Mind, Phil. Tran. Biol. Sc.
  9. A Mathematical Formalism for Agent-based Modeling, arXiv
    1. Set-based Complexity and Biological Information, arXiv
    2. PC Beats Doctor In Scan Tests, BBC News
  10. Google Releases Health Service Details, AP
    1. Predicting Synthetic Rescues in Metabolic Networks, Molecular Systems Biology
  11. Spanish Researchers Develop Facial Expression Recognition Software, Innovations-report
    1. Social Cognition, Phil. Tran. Biol. Sc.
  12. Worldwide Human Relationships Inferred from Genome-Wide Patterns of Variation, Science
    1. Largest Yet Survey Of Human Genetic Diversity, Nature News
  13. Human Culture Subject To Natural Selection, Study Shows, ScienceDaily
    1. No Easy Answers In Evolution Of Human Language, ScienceDaily
  14. The Future of Universal Water
  15. Epidemiology: Emerging Diseases Go Global, Nature
    1. Cancer: A Skin Cancer Virus?, Science
    2. Triggers, Targets And Treatments For Thrombosis, Nature
  16. A Fundamental Avian Wing-Stroke Provides A New Perspective On The Evolution Of Flight, Nature
    1. Jelly Propulsion - Studies Of Medusan Motion Reveal Secrets Of The Earth's First Muscle-Powered Swimmers, Science News
    2. Birds Do It. Bees Do It. Dragons Don't Need To., NY Times
  17. Electron Stroboscope, Physical Review Focus
    1. Directed Self-Ordering Of Organic Molecules For Electronic Devices, Innovations-report
    2. Materials Science: The Gift Of Healing, Nature
  18. 'Exaflop' Supercomputer Planning Begins, InformationWeek
  19. Complex Challenges: Global Terrorist Networks
    1. STOP Terrorism Software: Technology For Analysis And Forecasting Of Terrorism, Science Daily
    2. Getting Serious About 'Virtual' Terror, Threats Watch
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Complexity Digest 2008.08 Next Issue TOP

  1. Economics: Homo Economicus Evolves, Science
    1. Economic Stimulus Package: Will It Work, and for Whom?, Knowledge@Wharton
  2. Choosing A Place To Live - Why It's As Important As Picking A Spouse., US News & World Report
    1. Love: You Have 4 Minutes To Choose Your Perfect Mate, Nature
  3. The Downside Of A Good Idea, IU News Room
    1. Sheep In Human Clothing: Scientists Reveal Our Flock Mentality, ScienceDaily
  4. Weighty Evidence - The Link Between Obesity, Metabolic Hormones, And Tumors, Science News
    1. Scientists Show Stem Cells Don't Cause Cancer, U.S. News & World Report
  5. Medicine: Sidestepping Mutational Meltdown, Science
  6. Researchers Unveil Landscape Of Human-Pathogen Protein Interactions, EurekAlert
    1. Gene Therapy 'Trains' Immune System To Destroy Brain Cancer Cells And Reverses Behavioral Deficits, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center EurekAlert
  7. Sex Differences In The Brain's Serotonin System, Innovations-report
    1. Instructing Neuronal Connections, Innovations-report
  8. How Believing Can Be Seeing: Study Shows How Context Dictates What We Believe We See, Innovations-report
  9. Ecology: Green With Complexity, Science
    1. Key Issues For Attention From Ecological Economists, Env. & Dev. Econ.
  10. 'Junk' RNA May Have Played Role in Vertebrate Evolution, ScientificAmerican.com
  11. Evolutionary Biology: Darwin In The Fossils, Nature
  12. Flying Deaf? Earliest Bats Probably Didn't Echolocate, Science News
  13. Chaos In A Long-Term Experiment With A Plankton Community, Nature
  14. Global Warming: Another Side to the Climate-Cloud Conundrum Finally Revealed, Science
  15. Going The Distance: Galaxies May Hail From Early Universe, Science News
  16. Catalysis: The Art Of Splitting Water, Nature
    1. Solar Cell Speeds Hydrogen Production, New Scientist
  17. Materials Science: On Mixing And Demixing, Science
    1. Granular Matter: Static In Motion, Nature
    2. Why Anyone Can Make A Sandcastle: A High Level Of Understanding Of The Complex Structure Of Moist Granule, Innovations-report
  18. U.S. Struggles to Tutor Iraqis in Rule of Law, NY Times
  19. Complex Challenges: Global Terrorist Networks
    1. The Next Generation of Terror, Foreign Policy
    2. German Intelligence Describes a ¡§New Quality¡¨ in Jihadi Threats, The Jamestown Foundation
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Complexity Digest 2008.07 Next Issue TOP

  1. The Size, Scale, and Shape of Cities, Science
    1. The Urban Transformation of the Developing World, Science
    2. Health and Urban Living, Science
    3. China's Living Laboratory in Urbanization, Science
    4. From Gasoline Alleys to Electric Avenues, Science
  2. Sustainable Development: Climate Change--the Chinese Challenge, Science
    1. Global Change and the Ecology of Citie, Science
  3. Unclogging Urban Arteries, Science
    1. Could Smart Traffic Lights Stop Motorists Fuming?, NewScientist
  4. Bacteria And Nanofilters -- The Future Of Clean Water Technology, Physorg.com
  5. Studies Deem Biofuels a Greenhouse Threat, NY Times
    1. Use of U.S. Croplands for Biofuels Increases Greenhouse Gases Through Emissions from Land Use Change, Science
    2. Land Clearing and the Biofuel Carbon Debt, Science
  6. 'Normal' Genes Key To Cancer Growth, Nature
    1. A Systematic Look At An Old Problem, Nature
  7. Evolution Of Anatomy And Gene Control, Nature
  8. Towards A Molecular Understanding Of Shape Selectivity, Nature
  9. Synaptic Protein Degradation Underlies Destabilization of Retrieved Fear Memory, Science
    1. More Brain Research Suggests 'Use It Or Lose It', Science Daily
    2. Misery Is Not Miserly: Why Even Momentary Sadness Increases Spending, ScienceDaily
  10. Neural Basis Of 'Number Sense' In Young Infants, ScienceDaily
    1. Neuropathology: Alzheimer's In Real Time, Nature
    2. 'Lab On A Chip' Mimics Brain Chemistry, Science Daily
  11. Growing Up To Prozac: Drug Makes New Neurons Mature Faster, Science News
    1. Biochemistry: Lifting the Veil on Traditional Chinese Medicine, Science
    2. MIT Develops Thin-Film 'Micro Pharmacy', Innovations-report
  12. The Dynamics Of Measles In Sub-Saharan Africa, Nature
  13. Transparent Fish To Make Human Biology Clearer: Researchers Can Watch Cancer Spread, Innovations-report
  14. Palaeotemperature Trend For Precambrian Life Inferred From Resurrected Proteins, Nature
    1. Evolutionary Biology: Ancient Bacteria Liked It Hot, Nature
  15. Physics: From Complexity To Simplicity, Science
  16. Computational Science: A Hard Statistical View, Nature
    1. Using Musical Chords To Analyze And Illustrate Hydrogen Molecule's Response To Laser Pulses, Science Daily
  17. Wiring Up Quantum Systems, Nature
    1. Wiring Up DNA, Technology Review
  18. America's Liberal Illiberalism: The Ideological Origins Of Overreaction In U.S. Foreign Policy, Int. Security
  19. Complex Challenges: Global Terrorist Networks
    1. Pakistan's Theater of Jihad and the Growing Complexity of the Terror War, World Politics Review Exclusive
    2. Global Terrorist And Drug Trafficking Cartels, American Chronicle
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Complexity Digest 2008.06 Next Issue TOP

  1. Lessons From Davos, One Of Globalization's Best Classrooms, Knowledge@Wharton
  2. Languages Evolve in Punctuational Bursts, Science
    1. Scientists Debate 'Six Degrees of Separation', NPR Science Friday
  3. Tapping into the Cancer-Fighter Collective for Treatment, Scientific American
    1. Google Apps Team Edition Emulates Social Networking Model, InformationWeek
  4. Biological Moon Shot - Realizing The Dream Of A Web Page For Every Living Thing, Science News
  5. Genome Studies: Genetics By Numbers, Nature
    1. Cell Biology: Dying To Hold You, Nature
  6. Clinical Trials: Deaths Prompt a Review of Experimental Probiotic Therapy, Science
  7. Human Behaviour: Killer Instincts, Nature
    1. Scratching Linked to Specific Brain Regions, MedPage Today
  8. Creative And Noncreative Problem Solvers Exhibit Different Patterns Of Brain Activity, ScienceDaily
  9. Study Gives Key Role to Sleep in Helping Brain Learn Anew, NY Times
    1. New Tool Probes Brain Circuits: Method Applied To Learning And Memory Pathway, Science Daily
    2. Scientists Discover A Way To Reverse Memory Loss In 'Accidental Breakthrough', Daily Mail
    3. Deep Brain Stimulation In Hypothalamus Triggers Déjà Vu In Patient, ScienceDaily
    4. Newborn Brain Cells Modulate Learning And Memory, PhysOrg.com
    5. High Blood Sugar Can Hamper Memory, Innovations-report
  10. Cancer Proliferation Gene Discovery Through Functional Genomics, Science
    1. Profiling Essential Genes in Human Mammary Cells by Multiplex RNAi Screening, Science
    2. Killing Skin-Cancer Stem Cells, Technology Review
  11. Three-Parent Embryo Formed In Lab, BBC News
  12. Molecular Biology: The Art of Assembly, Science
  13. Chemistry: DNA Assembles Materials From the Ground Up, Science
    1. DNA Is Blueprint, Contractor And Construction Worker For New Structures, Science Daily
    2. New Process Makes Nanofibers In Complex Shapes And Unlimited Lengths, Science Daily
    3. Genetic 'Telepathy'? A Bizarre New Property Of DNA, PysOrg.com
  14. Dusty Clues: Study Suggests No Dearth Of Earths, Science News
    1. Seafloor Chemistry: Life's Building Blocks Made Inorganically, Science News
    2. Artificial Letters Added To Life's Alphabet, New Scientist
  15. Lethargus Is A Caenorhabditis Elegans Sleep-Like State, Nature
    1. Sex Determination: Some Like It Hot (And Some Don't), Nature
    2. Conspicuous Social Signaling Drives Evolution Of Chameleon Color Change, ScienceDaily
  16. Large Contribution Of Sea Surface Warming To Recent Increase In Atlantic Hurricane Activity, Nature
    1. Climate Change: Stationarity Is Dead: Whither Water Management?, Science
  17. Nanomaterials: Golden Handshake, Nature
    1. A Memory Breakthrough - Two Firms Have Doubled The Capacity Of Phase-Change Memory, A Likely Replacement For Flash., Technology Review
    2. From Bacterium To Semiconductor, Innovations-report
    3. Tiny Living Machines, Technology Review
    4. Engineers Create New Adhesive That Mimics Gecko Toe Hairs, PhysOrg.com
  18. Smart 'Lego' Conjures Up Virtual 3D Twin, New Scientist
  19. Complex Challenges: Global Terrorist Networks
    1. Intel Chief: Qaeda Threat Expanding Outside Iraq, Associated Press/Boston Herald
    2. UN Torture Investigator Blasts US White House Defense Of Waterboarding, The Associated Press
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Complexity Digest 2008.05 Next Issue TOP

  1. How The World Invests In R&D - The Changing Face Of Public And Private Funding., Nature
    1. Big Foot: Eco-Footprints Of Rich Dwarf Poor Nations' Debt, Science News
  2. Microchips Everywhere: a Future Vision, Washington Post
    1. The Coming Wave of Gadgets That Listen and Obey, NY Times
    2. A Wii Warm-Up Hones Surgical Skills, New Scientist
  3. Virology: The Battle Within, Nature
    1. Genomics: Fighting Fire With Fire, Nature
    2. Search For The 'On' Switches May Reveal Genetic Role In Development And Disease, ScienceDaily
  4. Molecular Biology: The Expanding World Of Small RNAs, Nature
  5. The Right Resident Bugs, Science
  6. Entire Synthetic Genome Created, National Geographic News
    1. ‘Telepathic’ Genes Recognise Similarities In Each Other, Innovations-report
  7. Human Evolution: Why We're Different: Probing The Gap Between Apes And Humans, Science
  8. Application of Bloom's Taxonomy Debunks the "MCAT Myth", Science
    1. Kids Learn More When Mom Is Listening, Innovations-report
  9. Evolutionary Learning Of Small Networks, Complexity
  10. Cellular Memory Hints At The Origins Of Intelligence - Slime Mould Displays Remarkable Rhythmic Recall., Nature
  11. Systems Biology: Enlightening Rhythms, Science
  12. Researchers Identify Brain's 'Eureka' Circuitry, Innovations-report
  13. 100% Accuracy in Automatic Face Recognition, Science
  14. Clusters Of Ant Colonies And Robust Criticality In A Tropical Agro-Ecosystem, Nature
  15. In Diatom, Scientists Find Genes That May Level Engineering Hurdle, PhysOrg.com
  16. Supercool, And Strange - Scientists Are Finding Clues About Why Water Is So Utterly Weird, Science News
  17. Materials Science: Adaptive Composites, Science
  18. Optics: Against The Spread Of The Light, Nature
  19. Complex Challenges: Global Terrorist Networks
    1. Analysis: Dirty Money Cleanup Gains Speed, UPI
    2. JI [Jemaah Islamiyah, Ed.] Forces Weaken: Military Chief, SunStar Manila
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Complexity Digest 2008.04 Next Issue TOP

  1. Year Of Planet Earth, Nature
    1. Ocean Circulation In A Warming Climate, Nature
    2. Terrestrial Ecosystem Carbon Dynamics And Climate Feedbacks, Nature
    3. An Earth-System Perspective Of The Global Nitrogen Cycle, Nature
    4. Small-Scale Cloud Processes And Climate, Nature
    5. Rain Power: Harvesting Energy from the Sky, PhysOrg.com
  2. A Thirst For Meat: Changes In Diet, Rising Population May Strain China's Water Supply, Science News
    1. The New Role Of Oil Wealth In The World Economy, McKinsey Quarterly
  3. Ecology: Managing Coastal Wetlands, Science
  4. Recovery From The Most Profound Mass Extinction Of All Time, Proc. Biol. Sc.
    1. Evolution Of Human Genome's 'Guardian' Gives People Unique Protections From DNA Damage, ScienceDaily
    2. Fatal Attraction: Carnivorous Plants Roll Out The Red Carpet To Lure Insects, Biol. Lett.
  5. Evolutionary Genetics: Polynesians Took the Express Train Through Melanesia to the Pacific, Science
  6. Going Global - Is The Future Bright?, Innovations-report
  7. Neuroscience: Mirror Neurons May Help Songbirds Stay in Tune, Science
    1. Behavioural Neuroscience: Neurons Of Imitation, Nature
  8. Neuroscience: Organizing the Source of Memory, Science
    1. Effects Of Molecular Memory And Bursting On Fluctuations In Gene Expression, Science
  9. Misreading The Mind, LATimes
    1. 'Mind-Reading' Car Keeps Drivers Focused, New Scientist
  10. The Correlation Of Learning Speed And Natural Foraging Success In Bumble-Bees, Proc. Biol. Sc.
  11. DNA-Based Artificial Nose, Technology Review
  12. Tiny Genetic Differences Have Huge Consequences, PhysOrg.com
    1. Targeted Gene Therapy Provides Relief For Chronic Pain, Study Shows, Science Daily
  13. Getting The Red Out: Drug Improves Kids' Psoriasis Symptoms, Science News
  14. 'Surrogate Goals' May Mislead Patients, USA Today
    1. Selective Reporting Of Antidepressant Trials Exaggerates Drug Effectiveness, Report Finds, Science Daily
  15. Déjà Vu—A Study Of Duplicate Citations In Medline, Bioinformatics
  16. Cancer: Hay In A Haystack, Nature
  17. Cloning Said to Yield Human Embryos, NY Times
  18. Ant Parasite Turns Host Into Ripe Red Berry, Innovations-report
  19. Complex Challenges: Global Terrorist Networks
    1. Cell Phone Sensors Detect Radiation To Thwart Nuclear Terrorism, Science Daily
    2. Tunnel Vision On Iraq Hampers Broader Terrorist Fight, Seattle Times
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Complexity Digest 2008.03 Next Issue TOP

  1. The Coevolution Of Choosiness And Cooperation, Nature
    1. Runaway Social Selection For Displays Of Partner Value And Altruism, Biol. Theory
  2. The Limits of Counting: Numerical Cognition Between Evolution and Culture, Science
    1. Culture Influences Brain Function, ScienceDaily
  3. Creating A Web Of Worlds, Technology Review
    1. Semantic Web Takes Big Step Forward, InfoWorld
  4. Life From Scratch - Learning To Make Synthetic Cells, Science News
    1. 10-Fold Life Span Extension Reported, USC News
  5. My Nose, My Brain, My Faith, Time
    1. Smile – And The World Can Hear You, Innovations-report
    2. Lend Me Your Ears - And The World Will Sound Very Different, Innovations-report
  6. Observational Learning In Chimpanzees And Children Studied Through ‘Ghost’ Conditions, Proc. Biol. Sc.
  7. Is Sociality Associated With High Longevity In North American Birds?, Biol. Lett.
    1. Conservation Biology: Cats, Rats And Seabirds, Nature
  8. Monkey's Thoughts Propel Robot, a Step That May Help Humans, NY Times
    1. Self-Paced Brain-Computer Interface Gets Closer to Reality, PhysOrg.com
  9. Cell Biology: Bacteria's New Bones, Nature
  10. Researchers Find New Way To Block Destructive Rush Of Immune Cells, PhysOrg.com
  11. Iron Nanobeads Can Control Immune System, New Scientist
    1. Nanomagnetic Actuation Of Receptor-Mediated Signal Transduction, Nature Nanotechnology
  12. Cancer Immunology: Cancer's Bulwark Against Immune Attack: MDS Cells, Science
    1. Gene Therapy Cancers Prompt Design of Safer Virus, Science Now
    2. T-Cell 'Nanotubes' May Explain How HIV Virus Conquers Human Immune System, PhysOrg.com
  13. Molecular Biology: RNA Rules, Nature
    1. Endogenous Human MicroRNAs That Suppress Breast Cancer Metastasis, Nature
  14. Cancer: A Few to Flip the Angiogenic Switch, Science
    1. Endothelial Progenitor Cells Control the Angiogenic Switch in Mouse Lung Metastasis, Science
    2. Cancer: Quo Vadis, Specificity?, Science
  15. Geophysics: What Triggers Tremor?, Science
    1. Brain 'Seismology' Helps Predict Epileptic Attacks, New Scientist
  16. Physics: The Force Of Fluctuations, Nature
    1. Quantum Mechanics: Evolution Stopped In Its Tracks, Nature
  17. Small Infinity, Big Infinity - Infinity Can Be Big Or Bigger, Countable Or Not, Science News
  18. Breakthrough Promises 40-Hour Laptop Batteries, ZDNet Australia
    1. Energy Forest, Science News
  19. Complex Challenges: Global Terrorist Networks
    1. FBI Wants Instant Access To British Identity Data - Americans Seek International Database To Carry Iris, Palm And Finger Prints
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Complexity Digest 2008.02 Next Issue TOP

  1. Free Journal-Ranking Tool Enters Citation Market - Database Offers On-The-Fly Results., Nature
    1. The Web Impact Of Open Access Social Science Research, Lib. & Info. Sc. Res.
    2. PISA Results Scoured for Secrets to Better Science Scores, Education Week
  2. Complexity Meets Development - A Felicitous Encounter On The Road Of Life, Interdis. Descrip. Complex Sys.
    1. Complexity Of Social Stability: A Model-To-Model Analysis Of Yugoslavia's Decline, Interdis. Descrip. Complex Sys.
  3. Neuroscience: Love Hangover, Nature
    1. The Genetics of Language, Technology Review
  4. Mathematical Tools For Forecasting Stock Market Work For Ecology Too, ScienceDaily
  5. Insect Attack May Have Finished Off Dinosaurs, Innovations-report
  6. Insects' 'Giant Leap' Reconstructed By Founder Of Sociobiology, ScienceDaily
    1. Two Explosive Evolutionary Events Shaped Early History Of Multicellular Life, ScienceDaily
  7. Walk Soft: Nerve Rewiring Restores Most Movement Post-Spinal Injury, Scientific American
  8. Sparse Optical Microstimulation In Barrel Cortex Drives Learned Behaviour In Freely Moving Mice, Nature
    1. Behavioural Report Of Single Neuron Stimulation In Somatosensory Cortex, Nature
  9. Brain Imaging Shows If You Are Thinking Of Familiar Object, ScienceDaily
  10. New Task: Malaria Drug Might Inhibit Some Cancers, Science News
    1. Down's Syndrome: Paradox Of A Tumour Repressor, Nature
  11. Medical Breakthrough For Organ Transplants And Cardiovascular Diseases By Flemish Researchers, Flanders Institute for Biotechnology news release
  12. Next Steps For Stem Cells - New Methods To Reprogram Adult Cells Could Create Novel Models Of Disease., Technology Review
  13. Small Lifestyle Changes Can Boost Longevity, U.S. News and World Report
    1. Author Comes to Natural Food's 'Defense', NPR-TOTN
  14. Scientists Use Sunlight to Make Fuel From CO2, WIRED
    1. Biofuels on a Big Scale, Science Now
  15. Life At The Jolt: New Insights Into Fuel Cell That Uses Bacteria To Generate Electricity, Innovations-report
  16. Warp and Woof, Science
    1. Don't Alienate Yourself: SETI@Home Needs You!, EE Times
  17. Effects Of Acoustic Waves On Stick-Slip In Granular Media And Implications For Earthquakes, Nature
  18. Plumbing Carbon Nanotubes, PhysOrg.com
  19. Complex Challenges: Global Terrorist Networks
    1. Local Militants in Pakistan Add to Qaeda Threat, NY Times
    2. Oil At $100 Vs The 'War On Terror', Asia Times
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Complexity Digest 2008.01 Next Issue TOP

  1. Innovative Minds Don't Think Alike, NY Times
    1. Internet Opens Elite Colleges to All, Washington Post
  2. Giving Disorganized Boys the Tools for Success, NY Times
    1. Professor's Little Helper, Nature
  3. Consciousness, Brains and the Replica Problem, arXiv
  4. Mapping Professional Networks, Technology Review
  5. What's Your Consumption Factor?, NY Times
    1. Concerns Rise with Water of Three Gorges Dam, NPR-ME
    2. Foolish Book Review: "The Origin of Wealth", The Motley Fool
  6. So Many Crimes, and Reasons to Not Cooperate, NY Times
    1. A Tale of Political Dirty Tricks Makes the Case for Election Reform, NY Times
  7. A Lifesaving Checklist, NY Times
  8. Stimulating Muscles May Improve Musician's Dystonia, Innovations-report
  9. Duetting Birds Found To Be Unfaithful, Nature News
    1. How To Make A Zombie Cockroach, Nature News
  10. Will Beetles Inherit The Earth? Evolutionary Study Reveals Their Long-term Success, ScienceDaily
    1. A Short Introduction to the Basic Mechanisms of Complexity Increase in Evolution, arXiv
  11. On the Optimality of the Standard Genetic Code: The Role of Stop Codons, arXiv
  12. What Factors Contribute To An Ownership Advantage?, Biol. Lett.
    1. Adult Male Chimpanzees Don't Stray Far From The Home, ScienceDaily
  13. Toward A Rosetta Stone For Microbes' Secret Language, Science Daily
  14. Drug Target To Stop Cancer Spread, BBC News
  15. Stranger That Fiction: Parallel Universes Beguile Science, PhysOrg.com
    1. A Lab Model Of The Early Universe, Nature News
    2. Two Constants To Rule Us All, Nature News
    3. Is Time Slowing Down?, New Scientist
  16. Life, Information, Entropy, And Time: Vehicles For Semantic Inheritance, Complexity
  17. Guiding A Self-Adjusting System Through Chaos, Complexity
  18. From Complex Conflicts To Stable Cooperation: Cases In Environment And Security, Complexity
    1. Systems Engineering Without An Engineer: Why We Need Systems Biology, Complexity
  19. Complex Challenges: Global Terrorist Networks
    1. Is It War? - The Presidential Candidates On Terrorism, Washington Post
    2. Stonewalled by the C.I.A., NY Times
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