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Manuel Lima, currently senior UX design lead at Microsoft Bing but maybe best known from the (now sparsely updated) blog Visual Complexity and his recent book with the same title, like to discuss the power of network visualisation in a wide and conceptually rich manner.

Networks are everywhere. The brain is a network of nerve cells connected by axons, and cells themselves are networks of molecules connected by biochemical reactions. Societies, too, are networks of people linked by friendships, familial relationships and professional ties.

MIT application about the economy of the world

Backed by stunning illustrations, David Christian narrates a complete history of the universe, from the Big Bang to the Internet, in a riveting 18 minutes. This is "Big History": an enlightening, wide-angle look at complexity, life and humanity, set against our slim share of the cosmic timeline.

Podcast: Philosopher's zone with Peter Ludlow. This week, we look at Julian Assange's political philosophy and his view of the world as a network of conspiracies.

The instability of large, complex societies is a predictable phenomenon, according to a new mathematical model that explores the emergence of early human societies via warfare. Capturing hundreds of years of human history, the model reveals the dynamical nature of societies...

You may have had the experience while searching on Google of finding results that are either too simple or too complex for the task at hand. A new feature in Advanced Search lets you display the reading level of results and filter based on level.

Real leaders in government need to show us how they have thought through the complexities on subjects like energy.

It is time to take stock: What has the intelligent design movement achieved? As science, nothing. If we are to look for ID achievements, then, it must be in the realm of natural theology. And there, the movement must be judged not only a failure, but a debacle.

A new study reveals how human genes interact with their environment to boost disease risk. The findings shed light on why the search for specific gene variants linked to human diseases can only partly explain common disorders.