This post is also taken from the excellent Evolutionary Dynamics course taught by Martin Nowak at Harvard. The progression of HIV in the hu...

I'm currently taking an amazing class offered by the Program for Evolutionary Dynamics (PED) at Harvard. The goal of the course (and t...

So President Bush has finally taken a complex systems view of the economy: Stupidity aside, he's entirely correct: our economy is highly...

The federal government is set to take over mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Earlier this summer, the government rescued the...

Consider the following two images: First view each image as is, and then click on them to see larger versions. Ignore for a moment the diff...

Astronomer, inventor, and old friend of the family/distant relative Bob Doyle has begun a project to address old philosophical problems usi...

First, the apology: I started a summer job last week and it's taking up a huge amount of time. So posts will be infrequent until my job...