Manlio De Domenico
@manlius.bsky.social
Emergence, Networks & Complexity | Collective Behavior(s) from Cells to Societies 🧬🦠🧠🌇
Prof. @UniPadova, Galileo's University | Lab: @comunelab.bsky.social | Web: https://linktr.ee/manlius
Thoughts at manlius.substack.com
Prof. @UniPadova, Galileo's University | Lab: @comunelab.bsky.social | Web: https://linktr.ee/manlius
Thoughts at manlius.substack.com
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Manlio De Domenico
@manlius.bsky.social
· Nov 18
Complexity Thoughts
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Why #ComplexitySci is fascinating?
#ComplexSystems are ubiquitous!🧬🦠🧫🔬🐠🦜🧠🌪️🧪
And provide an analytical framework to study the behavior of phys, bio, eco, human & artificial systems #AcademicSky
Curious? I write about them 👉 #ComplexityThoughts: manlius.substack.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8Sv...
#ComplexSystems are ubiquitous!🧬🦠🧫🔬🐠🦜🧠🌪️🧪
And provide an analytical framework to study the behavior of phys, bio, eco, human & artificial systems #AcademicSky
Curious? I write about them 👉 #ComplexityThoughts: manlius.substack.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8Sv...
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Cone nebula | Christmas tree (NGC2264) - This is still a work in progress. I’ve been imaging this nebula for about three weeks, fitting it in between unstable weather and other projects running in parallel.
This is the emission signal mostly due to ionized hydrogen (Hɑ) >>>
🔭
#Astrophotography
This is the emission signal mostly due to ionized hydrogen (Hɑ) >>>
🔭
#Astrophotography
January 8, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Cone nebula | Christmas tree (NGC2264) - This is still a work in progress. I’ve been imaging this nebula for about three weeks, fitting it in between unstable weather and other projects running in parallel.
This is the emission signal mostly due to ionized hydrogen (Hɑ) >>>
🔭
#Astrophotography
This is the emission signal mostly due to ionized hydrogen (Hɑ) >>>
🔭
#Astrophotography
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General laws of biodiversity: Climatic niches predict plant range size and ecological dominance globally
”key insights into species’ vulnerability to environmental change and the processes that structure biodiversity at global scales“
🌐🧪🌍🌱
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
”key insights into species’ vulnerability to environmental change and the processes that structure biodiversity at global scales“
🌐🧪🌍🌱
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
www.pnas.org
January 7, 2026 at 11:23 PM
General laws of biodiversity: Climatic niches predict plant range size and ecological dominance globally
”key insights into species’ vulnerability to environmental change and the processes that structure biodiversity at global scales“
🌐🧪🌍🌱
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
”key insights into species’ vulnerability to environmental change and the processes that structure biodiversity at global scales“
🌐🧪🌍🌱
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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strong evidence of convergent genome evolution across the animal kingdom suggesting that, in large part, adaptation to life on land is predictable, linking genes to ecosystems
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🧪🌐🧬🌍
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Convergent genome evolution shaped the emergence of terrestrial animals - Nature
Comparisons of 154 genomes from 21 animal phyla and outgroups have been used to reconstruct ancestral adaptation to life on land across 11 distinct terrestrialization events, revealing strong evidence...
www.nature.com
January 7, 2026 at 11:28 PM
strong evidence of convergent genome evolution across the animal kingdom suggesting that, in large part, adaptation to life on land is predictable, linking genes to ecosystems
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🧪🌐🧬🌍
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🧪🌐🧬🌍
strong evidence of convergent genome evolution across the animal kingdom suggesting that, in large part, adaptation to life on land is predictable, linking genes to ecosystems
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🧪🌐🧬🌍
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🧪🌐🧬🌍
Convergent genome evolution shaped the emergence of terrestrial animals - Nature
Comparisons of 154 genomes from 21 animal phyla and outgroups have been used to reconstruct ancestral adaptation to life on land across 11 distinct terrestrialization events, revealing strong evidence...
www.nature.com
January 7, 2026 at 11:28 PM
strong evidence of convergent genome evolution across the animal kingdom suggesting that, in large part, adaptation to life on land is predictable, linking genes to ecosystems
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🧪🌐🧬🌍
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🧪🌐🧬🌍
General laws of biodiversity: Climatic niches predict plant range size and ecological dominance globally
”key insights into species’ vulnerability to environmental change and the processes that structure biodiversity at global scales“
🌐🧪🌍🌱
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
”key insights into species’ vulnerability to environmental change and the processes that structure biodiversity at global scales“
🌐🧪🌍🌱
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
www.pnas.org
January 7, 2026 at 11:23 PM
General laws of biodiversity: Climatic niches predict plant range size and ecological dominance globally
”key insights into species’ vulnerability to environmental change and the processes that structure biodiversity at global scales“
🌐🧪🌍🌱
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
”key insights into species’ vulnerability to environmental change and the processes that structure biodiversity at global scales“
🌐🧪🌍🌱
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Reposted by Manlio De Domenico
While we are bombing Venezuela to get access to their oil, China is going all in on solar… and the rest of the world is following.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/c...
Cheap Solar Is Transforming Lives and Economies Across Africa
www.nytimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 5:07 PM
While we are bombing Venezuela to get access to their oil, China is going all in on solar… and the rest of the world is following.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/c...
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Netflix’s Stranger Things is more interesting: it leans on Einstein instead. I’ll let myself be a bit more speculative than usual and ask a simple question: if the Upside Down had to obey physics, what would it have to be?
Happy 2026!
👉 open.substack.com/pub/manlius/...
Happy 2026!
👉 open.substack.com/pub/manlius/...
January 1, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Netflix’s Stranger Things is more interesting: it leans on Einstein instead. I’ll let myself be a bit more speculative than usual and ask a simple question: if the Upside Down had to obey physics, what would it have to be?
Happy 2026!
👉 open.substack.com/pub/manlius/...
Happy 2026!
👉 open.substack.com/pub/manlius/...
“I know why all electrons have the same charge and mass.”
“Why?”
“Because they are all the same electron!”
Wrong, if taken literally. But ideas like this don’t matter bc they survive, they matter just bc they change how we think 💡 @proffeynman.bsky.social
👉 www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physi...
“Why?”
“Because they are all the same electron!”
Wrong, if taken literally. But ideas like this don’t matter bc they survive, they matter just bc they change how we think 💡 @proffeynman.bsky.social
👉 www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physi...
January 2, 2026 at 6:04 PM
“I know why all electrons have the same charge and mass.”
“Why?”
“Because they are all the same electron!”
Wrong, if taken literally. But ideas like this don’t matter bc they survive, they matter just bc they change how we think 💡 @proffeynman.bsky.social
👉 www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physi...
“Why?”
“Because they are all the same electron!”
Wrong, if taken literally. But ideas like this don’t matter bc they survive, they matter just bc they change how we think 💡 @proffeynman.bsky.social
👉 www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physi...
Netflix’s Stranger Things is more interesting: it leans on Einstein instead. I’ll let myself be a bit more speculative than usual and ask a simple question: if the Upside Down had to obey physics, what would it have to be?
Happy 2026!
👉 open.substack.com/pub/manlius/...
Happy 2026!
👉 open.substack.com/pub/manlius/...
January 1, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Netflix’s Stranger Things is more interesting: it leans on Einstein instead. I’ll let myself be a bit more speculative than usual and ask a simple question: if the Upside Down had to obey physics, what would it have to be?
Happy 2026!
👉 open.substack.com/pub/manlius/...
Happy 2026!
👉 open.substack.com/pub/manlius/...
The "free world"...
~ "Canadians should be aware of stricter protocol when visiting the US, incl. a photograph upon exiting the country. Border guards may request access to your smartphone & can look at whatever is on it. This might incl. sensitive photos, documents & text." www.vancouverisawesome.com/travel/us-bo...
Do U.S. border checks require social media? What Canadians need to know
Get the latest advice for trips south of the border.
www.vancouverisawesome.com
December 31, 2025 at 8:47 PM
The "free world"...
A trillion galaxies, each with a billion stars, each hosting at least an exoplanet, with 20% odds of being in the habitable zone.
Million-to-billion years to capture those photons marking the proof of ✨ existence.
How many potential worlds out there? 🪐
manlius.substack.com/p/a-whole-lo...
Million-to-billion years to capture those photons marking the proof of ✨ existence.
How many potential worlds out there? 🪐
manlius.substack.com/p/a-whole-lo...
December 31, 2025 at 8:34 AM
A trillion galaxies, each with a billion stars, each hosting at least an exoplanet, with 20% odds of being in the habitable zone.
Million-to-billion years to capture those photons marking the proof of ✨ existence.
How many potential worlds out there? 🪐
manlius.substack.com/p/a-whole-lo...
Million-to-billion years to capture those photons marking the proof of ✨ existence.
How many potential worlds out there? 🪐
manlius.substack.com/p/a-whole-lo...
I did it again, this time with the mesmerizing #Andromeda Galaxy ( #M31 ).
Wishing you all a great New Year.
_____________
✨ Data: #DSS2 surveys produced at the Space Telescope Science Institute
🛠️ Conversion: Strasbourg astronomical Data Center
Wishing you all a great New Year.
_____________
✨ Data: #DSS2 surveys produced at the Space Telescope Science Institute
🛠️ Conversion: Strasbourg astronomical Data Center
December 31, 2025 at 8:18 AM
I did it again, this time with the mesmerizing #Andromeda Galaxy ( #M31 ).
Wishing you all a great New Year.
_____________
✨ Data: #DSS2 surveys produced at the Space Telescope Science Institute
🛠️ Conversion: Strasbourg astronomical Data Center
Wishing you all a great New Year.
_____________
✨ Data: #DSS2 surveys produced at the Space Telescope Science Institute
🛠️ Conversion: Strasbourg astronomical Data Center
Missed the best #ComplexityThoughts in 2025?
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December 30, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Missed the best #ComplexityThoughts in 2025?
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December 30, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Missed the best #ComplexityThoughts in 2025?
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December 30, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Missed the best #ComplexityThoughts in 2025?
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Eventually, also the preprint is now publicly available on the arXiv: arxiv.org/abs/2512.22651
Wish you all a great end of the year!
Wish you all a great end of the year!
December 30, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Eventually, also the preprint is now publicly available on the arXiv: arxiv.org/abs/2512.22651
Wish you all a great end of the year!
Wish you all a great end of the year!
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I can’t do ultra-high-res sky imaging with my own setup, but should I?
DSS2 already did the hard part and put the data out there. So I grabbed a chunk of Orion and reprocessed signals: stretching, color remapping, and teasing out faint structure from those digitized plates.
Old data, new pixels ✨
DSS2 already did the hard part and put the data out there. So I grabbed a chunk of Orion and reprocessed signals: stretching, color remapping, and teasing out faint structure from those digitized plates.
Old data, new pixels ✨
December 28, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I can’t do ultra-high-res sky imaging with my own setup, but should I?
DSS2 already did the hard part and put the data out there. So I grabbed a chunk of Orion and reprocessed signals: stretching, color remapping, and teasing out faint structure from those digitized plates.
Old data, new pixels ✨
DSS2 already did the hard part and put the data out there. So I grabbed a chunk of Orion and reprocessed signals: stretching, color remapping, and teasing out faint structure from those digitized plates.
Old data, new pixels ✨
I can’t do ultra-high-res sky imaging with my own setup, but should I?
DSS2 already did the hard part and put the data out there. So I grabbed a chunk of Orion and reprocessed signals: stretching, color remapping, and teasing out faint structure from those digitized plates.
Old data, new pixels ✨
DSS2 already did the hard part and put the data out there. So I grabbed a chunk of Orion and reprocessed signals: stretching, color remapping, and teasing out faint structure from those digitized plates.
Old data, new pixels ✨
December 28, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I can’t do ultra-high-res sky imaging with my own setup, but should I?
DSS2 already did the hard part and put the data out there. So I grabbed a chunk of Orion and reprocessed signals: stretching, color remapping, and teasing out faint structure from those digitized plates.
Old data, new pixels ✨
DSS2 already did the hard part and put the data out there. So I grabbed a chunk of Orion and reprocessed signals: stretching, color remapping, and teasing out faint structure from those digitized plates.
Old data, new pixels ✨
December 27, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Missed the best #ComplexityThoughts in 2025?
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Competing with pseudoscience in algorithmic ecosystems
The complex trade-off between the abundance of information and the scarcity of attention
open.substack.com
December 27, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Missed the best #ComplexityThoughts in 2025?
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Three years of #ComplexityThoughts!
What surprised me most this year? Growth, the podcast and what changed after going hybrid.
Recap + top 10 Thoughts: manlius.substack.com/p/three-year...
Thank you 🙏
What surprised me most this year? Growth, the podcast and what changed after going hybrid.
Recap + top 10 Thoughts: manlius.substack.com/p/three-year...
Thank you 🙏
December 26, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Three years of #ComplexityThoughts!
What surprised me most this year? Growth, the podcast and what changed after going hybrid.
Recap + top 10 Thoughts: manlius.substack.com/p/three-year...
Thank you 🙏
What surprised me most this year? Growth, the podcast and what changed after going hybrid.
Recap + top 10 Thoughts: manlius.substack.com/p/three-year...
Thank you 🙏
Missed the best #ComplexityThoughts in 2025?
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December 26, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Missed the best #ComplexityThoughts in 2025?
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December 26, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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Reposted by Manlio De Domenico
Merry Christmas!
December 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Merry Christmas!
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"The original organism is estimated to have been 55 cm in width and up to 2.63 m in length, weighing c. 50 kg"
Imagine to meet one that while you are going to buy the milk. 🐛
www.cam.ac.uk/stories/gian...
Imagine to meet one that while you are going to buy the milk. 🐛
www.cam.ac.uk/stories/gian...
December 25, 2025 at 9:31 PM
"The original organism is estimated to have been 55 cm in width and up to 2.63 m in length, weighing c. 50 kg"
Imagine to meet one that while you are going to buy the milk. 🐛
www.cam.ac.uk/stories/gian...
Imagine to meet one that while you are going to buy the milk. 🐛
www.cam.ac.uk/stories/gian...