One of the most important events in the history of life on Earth was the emergence of multicellularity. In this episode, Will Ratcliff discusses how his snowflake yeast models provide insight into what drove the transition from single-celled to multicellular organisms.

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Binghamton Center of Complex Systems (CoCo) Seminar February 26, 2025 Shu-ichi Kinoshita (Mathematical Engineering, Musashino University, Japan / CoCo Visiting Scholar)

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Prof. Dirk Brockmann is founding Director of the Center Synergy of Systems (Synosys) and Chair of Biology of Complex Systems at TUD Dresden University of Technology. In his inaugural lecture, he discusses the science of complexity, how anti-disciplinary perspectives, the integration of social sciences and natural sciences can help us understand complex phenomena such as the dynamics of pandemic.

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Stephen Wolfram leads an interactive discussion about his recent writing on complexity, and on biological evolution.
Founder & CEO of Wolfram Research; Creator of Mathematica, Wolfram|Alpha & Wolfram Language; Author of A New Kind of Science and other books; and the Originator of Wolfram Physics Project.

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Rising costs of living and growing debt are leaving individuals and the economy under immense strain. Complexity science reveals how structural shifts in the 1980s created a regime where ideas like trickle-down economics no longer work—but were helpful in addressing the challenges of that time. These policies now drive rising consumer debt, inequality, and economic instability.

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