When physicists study a “random walk,” they’re investigating the path followed when you’re allowed to take each step in a ...
SFI Fractal Faculty member Stuart Firestein's new book, It Could Be Otherwise, "proposes a subtly radical notion," writes SFI ...
Animals forage, immune cells patrol the body for pathogens, and biological molecules search for receptors on cell surfaces. Algorithms trawl for optimal solutions to thorny problems. In natural and ...