A new AI developed at Duke University can uncover simple, readable rules behind extremely complex systems. It studies how systems evolve over time and reduces thousands of variables into compact ...

The other day I walked along the bank of the Potomac River upstream of Washington, D.C. The trees had shed most of their leaves, but they were vehemently alive. A giant sycamore, easily 4 meters in ...

On October 8, 2024, the field of physics was plunged into controversy. That day, the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded for discoveries not involving black holes, cosmology, or strange new subatomic ...

Ethereum (ETH) dropped roughly 50% into early 2025 while Bitcoin gained 16% over the same period. Bitcoin ETFs attracted $40.6B in net inflows since January 2024 compared to only $3.2B for Ethereum ...

Leaders are under relentless pressure to perform in an environment of increasing uncertainty and change. Many feel stuck, relying on planning, control, technical expertise, and other familiar ...

In the race to extend Moore’s Law through advanced packaging, the limits of precision are no longer defined solely by lithography. Increasingly, they are dictated by the unpredictable behavior of ...

Low-complexity domains in proteins are composed of a small subset of the full complement of amino acids, and in these domains, the amino acid sequences are often repetitive. Their relevance to health ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Nathan Goldman is a tax prof. at NC State Univ. If Trump’s tariffs in the year 2025 have taught us anything, it is that tax policy ...

The logistic map looks simple but it reveals how chaos emerges from order. This story shows why one equation changes how we see the world. Two weeks into war with Iran, Trump has been knocked back on ...

Many authors have written about the harm of oversimplification, pointing out that it distorts reality, leads to shallow understanding, impairs problem-solving, and fuels biases. In culture wars, it ...

Does artificial intelligence (AI) make working life easier or complicated? Experts suggest the answer depends on the context. In a recent IDC-hosted interview, SIAC CEO Toni Townes-Whitley described ...