World coronavirus updates: Markets rally as countries look to reopen economies
Data: The Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins; Map: Axios Visuals Markets rallied in Asia Monday as…
Data: The Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins; Map: Axios Visuals Markets rallied in Asia Monday as…
We are now in the mid-game of the Covid-19 pandemic and it is a good time to take stock of…
After I published my last post on Coronavirus and Our Age of Discord, I’ve been looking through various lists of…
As readers of this blog know well, I don’t claim to be a prophet and I think that prophecy is,…
Last week my analysis of the Covid-19 epidemic in Italy yielded a very depressing result: despite all the measures taken…
As many of my readers know, I have accepted the position of research group leader at the Complexity Science Hub…
My reading of the month is Unearthly Powers by an Oxford historian Alan Strathern. It’s a very interesting and thought-provoking…
Question: What was the word for “two” used by people living in the Pontic-Caspian steppes (modern Ukraine and Southern Russia)…
According to one researcher, quantum computing faces more hurdles than many realize when it comes to achieving viability in breaking…
As long-time readers of this blog know, I am not only a scientist, but also a scientific publisher. I founded…
In my previous post, Historians and Historical Databases, I discussed how the Seshat Databank would be impossible without a close…
In recent days there was much discussion by historians on Twitter of the proper and improper uses of historical knowledge…
Last week I visited Centre for Complex Systems Studies (CCSS) in Utrecht, where I gave a talk about my research…
As the readers of this blog know, a big chunk of my research focuses on why complex societies go through…