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Complexity theory reconceptualises cities as multifaceted systems whose collective behaviour arises from myriad local interactions among agents, infrastructures and environments. Rather than viewing ...

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The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. They say a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, but for computer scientists, two birds in a hole are better still. That’s because ...

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An international team of researchers has developed a new theoretical framework that bridges physics and biology to provide a unified approach for understanding how complexity and evolution emerge in ...