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In this article, Colombian marine biologist Ernesto Mancera outlines the importance of nature-based solutions (NbS) for addressing complex socioecological challenges—from climate change and biodiversity loss to coastal erosion, water insecurity, and governance challenges: buff.ly/bBBFKkx
The Role of Assertive Communication in the Effectiveness and Sustainability of Nature-Based Solutions (NbS) - The InterPlex
In the context of risk management and in the face of environmental and economic challenges such as climate change, coastal erosion, water insecurity, and the accelerated loss of biodiversity, among…
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December 16, 2025 at 7:02 PM
In this article, Colombian marine biologist Ernesto Mancera outlines the importance of nature-based solutions (NbS) for addressing complex socioecological challenges—from climate change and biodiversity loss to coastal erosion, water insecurity, and governance challenges: buff.ly/bBBFKkx
In this InterDialogue excerpt, Colombian marine biologist Ernesto Mancera underscores how nature-based solutions (NbS) and assertive science communication can help reduce uncertainty and provide concrete guidance for ecosystem management. Learn more in the full InterDialogue: buff.ly/8DfXrp5
December 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
In this InterDialogue excerpt, Colombian marine biologist Ernesto Mancera underscores how nature-based solutions (NbS) and assertive science communication can help reduce uncertainty and provide concrete guidance for ecosystem management. Learn more in the full InterDialogue: buff.ly/8DfXrp5
This month at The InterPlex, we'll be featuring scientifically and interculturally informed perspectives on geopolitics, sustainable development, and socioecology: buff.ly/o4mXzA7
Geopolitics, Sustainable Development and Socioecology - The InterPlex
In our globalized, interconnected world, our species has an unremitting influence over our living planet. Achieving the idealistic, necessary goals set forth in the sustainable development framework,…
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December 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
This month at The InterPlex, we'll be featuring scientifically and interculturally informed perspectives on geopolitics, sustainable development, and socioecology: buff.ly/o4mXzA7
In this InterDialogue, Brazilian physicist, former rector of Unicamp, and current Executive Director of the World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), Marcelo Knobel, discusses TWAS, founded by Abdus Salam to build scientific capacity in the Global South. Full InterDialogue at our website: buff.ly/RcOiOs2
Marcelo Knobel: Effective Science Communication, Interdisciplinary Collaboration, TWAS, and the Future of Science and Higher Education - The InterPlex
In this InterDialogue recorded at the 17th General Conference of the World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) in October 2025, The InterPlex founder Daniel Henryk
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December 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
In this InterDialogue, Brazilian physicist, former rector of Unicamp, and current Executive Director of the World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), Marcelo Knobel, discusses TWAS, founded by Abdus Salam to build scientific capacity in the Global South. Full InterDialogue at our website: buff.ly/RcOiOs2
“With science we can find intercultural meeting points and interscientific convergence,” says Teyrungümü Torres Zalabata, an Indigenous Arhuaco physicist from Colombia’s Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. Learn more about bridging divides with science at our website: buff.ly/j7awyk8
Broadening Science and Bridging Divides in a Complex, Interconnected World - The Interplex
Investment in science is a pillar for any dynamic, equitable modern society, and promoting scientific literacy across all levels of society can help foster
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November 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
“With science we can find intercultural meeting points and interscientific convergence,” says Teyrungümü Torres Zalabata, an Indigenous Arhuaco physicist from Colombia’s Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. Learn more about bridging divides with science at our website: buff.ly/j7awyk8
In a new article for The InterPlex, founder Daniel Henryk Rasolt—together with numerous contributors to The InterPlex from around the world—asserts that a broader definition of science can help bridge interdisciplinary and intercultural divides in a complex, interconnected world: buff.ly/j7awyk8
November 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
In a new article for The InterPlex, founder Daniel Henryk Rasolt—together with numerous contributors to The InterPlex from around the world—asserts that a broader definition of science can help bridge interdisciplinary and intercultural divides in a complex, interconnected world: buff.ly/j7awyk8
Tikuna leader Marcelino Sánchez Noé describes the relationship between Indigenous cultures and their ecosystems, emphasizing that traditional knowledge has sustained the Amazon for millennia. However, illegal gold mining poses threats to Tikuna territory. Full InterDialogue: buff.ly/xBqiN6U
November 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Tikuna leader Marcelino Sánchez Noé describes the relationship between Indigenous cultures and their ecosystems, emphasizing that traditional knowledge has sustained the Amazon for millennia. However, illegal gold mining poses threats to Tikuna territory. Full InterDialogue: buff.ly/xBqiN6U
In this InterDialogue excerpt, Colombian land use and remote sensing scientist Paulo Murillo discusses his work on "socializing the pixel" and "pixelizing the social" in the context of two Colombian regions: the Andes-Amazon ecoregion and the Chocó/Tribugá area. Full InterDialogue: buff.ly/TFTqmEY
November 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM
In this InterDialogue excerpt, Colombian land use and remote sensing scientist Paulo Murillo discusses his work on "socializing the pixel" and "pixelizing the social" in the context of two Colombian regions: the Andes-Amazon ecoregion and the Chocó/Tribugá area. Full InterDialogue: buff.ly/TFTqmEY
Scaling up from single cells to ecosystems and entire self-regulating Earth systems (“Gaia”), the web of life is woven together by trillions of interconnections. This month at The InterPlex, we're featuring perspectives on the living planet and biocultural diversity: buff.ly/64Wrdmw
The Living Planet and Biocultural Diversity - The Interplex
Our planet is a complex, dynamic living system. Scaling up from single cells to ecosystems, and regional climatic and biogeochemical cycles to entire self-regulating Earth systems (“Gaia”), the Web…
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November 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Scaling up from single cells to ecosystems and entire self-regulating Earth systems (“Gaia”), the web of life is woven together by trillions of interconnections. This month at The InterPlex, we're featuring perspectives on the living planet and biocultural diversity: buff.ly/64Wrdmw
In this InterDialogue, Brazilian Earth systems scientist Carlos Nobre speaks about the importance of merging scientific methodologies with traditional Indigenous knowledge systems in order to protect and sustainably develop the Amazon. Full dialogue: buff.ly/r36TEpV
November 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
In this InterDialogue, Brazilian Earth systems scientist Carlos Nobre speaks about the importance of merging scientific methodologies with traditional Indigenous knowledge systems in order to protect and sustainably develop the Amazon. Full dialogue: buff.ly/r36TEpV
"For traditional Indigenous people, nature, or the 'Mother Earth,' is an intricate, interconnected, interdependent sacred living entity — a complex system — not a collection of isolated, exploitable, limitless resources and property," writes Daniel Henryk Rasolt. Read more: buff.ly/UZgMBop
Scientists Must Learn How to Interact With Indigenous People - The Interplex
Amazing opportunity for progress lies at the intersection of complex systems science and traditional worldviews. Can we find the humility to embrace it?
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November 10, 2025 at 10:30 PM
"For traditional Indigenous people, nature, or the 'Mother Earth,' is an intricate, interconnected, interdependent sacred living entity — a complex system — not a collection of isolated, exploitable, limitless resources and property," writes Daniel Henryk Rasolt. Read more: buff.ly/UZgMBop
In this article, republished to The InterPlex with exclusive permission from @royalsociety.org, Brazilian physicist Constantino Tsallis proposes a conceptual bridge between the natural and social sciences for studying complexity in diverse forms. Read the full article on our website: buff.ly/s1EQHCK
Non-additive entropies and statistical mechanics at the edge of chaos: a bridge between natural and social sciences - The Interplex
Listen to Tsallis explain about some of the very broad interdisciplinary applications and collaborations that have been fostered by non-additive entropy and
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November 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
In this article, republished to The InterPlex with exclusive permission from @royalsociety.org, Brazilian physicist Constantino Tsallis proposes a conceptual bridge between the natural and social sciences for studying complexity in diverse forms. Read the full article on our website: buff.ly/s1EQHCK
In this InterDialogue excerpt, Brazilian physicist Constantino Tsallis explores how non-additive entropy, particularly Q-statistics, underpins a unifying framework for complex systems across fields ranging from particle physics and cosmology to economics, cognition, and biology: buff.ly/FL0RjjP
November 3, 2025 at 1:02 PM
In this InterDialogue excerpt, Brazilian physicist Constantino Tsallis explores how non-additive entropy, particularly Q-statistics, underpins a unifying framework for complex systems across fields ranging from particle physics and cosmology to economics, cognition, and biology: buff.ly/FL0RjjP
In this InterDialogue, Spanish complex systems scientist Jesús Gómez-Gardeñes explains his research on epidemics, the relationship between network structure and system behavior, and the implications for fields beyond epidemiology, like neuroscience, and multilayer network modeling: buff.ly/TsdO0X3
October 31, 2025 at 5:18 PM
In this InterDialogue, Spanish complex systems scientist Jesús Gómez-Gardeñes explains his research on epidemics, the relationship between network structure and system behavior, and the implications for fields beyond epidemiology, like neuroscience, and multilayer network modeling: buff.ly/TsdO0X3
In this InterDialogue, physicist and complex systems scientist Rafael Germán Hurtado speaks about some of the fundamental properties of complexity, such as self-organization, non-linearity, and emergent macroscopic phenomena from microscopic interactions. See the full InterDialogue: buff.ly/0nNZoSo
Rafael Hurtado: Sociophysics and Complex Systems - The Interplex
Hurtado is a particle physicist and complex systems science researcher and practitioner. He leads the university’s econophysics and sociophysics group, and
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October 29, 2025 at 7:03 PM
In this InterDialogue, physicist and complex systems scientist Rafael Germán Hurtado speaks about some of the fundamental properties of complexity, such as self-organization, non-linearity, and emergent macroscopic phenomena from microscopic interactions. See the full InterDialogue: buff.ly/0nNZoSo
Complexity takes a holistic approach to interconnected systems and can be informed by both modern science and traditional worldviews. This month, we’re highlighting content around complex systems, networks, and information theory. Visit our landing page: buff.ly/1g20iDR
Complex Systems, Networks and Information Theory - The Interplex
Western science and much of our modern existence are built upon linear thinking and reductionism. This has been a very successful method for scientific discovery, while propelling our species into…
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October 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Complexity takes a holistic approach to interconnected systems and can be informed by both modern science and traditional worldviews. This month, we’re highlighting content around complex systems, networks, and information theory. Visit our landing page: buff.ly/1g20iDR
Complex systems theorist Dante Chialvo describes his work with physicist Per Bak, a key figure bridging foundational questions and complex systems. Chialvo's work with Bak shaped a career exploring emergent collective behavior across disciplines. See the full InterDialogue: buff.ly/KLgEX6b
October 24, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Complex systems theorist Dante Chialvo describes his work with physicist Per Bak, a key figure bridging foundational questions and complex systems. Chialvo's work with Bak shaped a career exploring emergent collective behavior across disciplines. See the full InterDialogue: buff.ly/KLgEX6b
As Daniel Henryk Rasolt argues, Indigenous worldviews reflect key principles of complex systems theory. Rivers are seen not as separate entities, but as part of an intricate, living network that connects ecological, spiritual, and cosmic domains. Read the full article on our website:
Colombia’s Dynamic Rivers: Integrated Interpretations and the Rights of Nature - The Interplex
Integrated interpretations of rivers as vital and interconnected living and evolving entities have extensive practical application — from their revered preservation throughout Indigenous territories,…
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October 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
As Daniel Henryk Rasolt argues, Indigenous worldviews reflect key principles of complex systems theory. Rivers are seen not as separate entities, but as part of an intricate, living network that connects ecological, spiritual, and cosmic domains. Read the full article on our website:
For Indigenous leader Marcelino Sánchez Noé, concepts like the “flying river” or the “six levels of the world” are not just metaphors—they are complex, interconnected realities that align with empirical understandings of foundational questions. Learn more in our full InterDialogue: buff.ly/TmbU6e
October 18, 2025 at 10:31 PM
For Indigenous leader Marcelino Sánchez Noé, concepts like the “flying river” or the “six levels of the world” are not just metaphors—they are complex, interconnected realities that align with empirical understandings of foundational questions. Learn more in our full InterDialogue: buff.ly/TmbU6e
Argentinian physicist Ingo Allekotte speaks about the strong interconnection between particle physics and cosmic ray astrophysics in this clip from our recent InterDialogue. Learn more about Allekotte by watching the full InterDialogue: buff.ly/ANjq3I3
October 14, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Argentinian physicist Ingo Allekotte speaks about the strong interconnection between particle physics and cosmic ray astrophysics in this clip from our recent InterDialogue. Learn more about Allekotte by watching the full InterDialogue: buff.ly/ANjq3I3
“The detection of the merger of two neutron stars observed by LIGO and Virgo ushered in a new era in astronomy: multi-messenger astronomy with gravitational waves,” writes physicist Jorge Pullin in "The Sounds of the Cosmos," published by @mitpress.bsky.social. Read the full exclusive excerpt:
The Birth of Gravitational Wave Multi-Messenger Astronomy - The Interplex
The Advanced LIGO detectors gathered data in three Observing Runs, O1- O3, between 2015 and 2020. During O2, on August 1st, 2017, Advanced Virgo joined the LIGO detectors operating in scientific…
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October 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
“The detection of the merger of two neutron stars observed by LIGO and Virgo ushered in a new era in astronomy: multi-messenger astronomy with gravitational waves,” writes physicist Jorge Pullin in "The Sounds of the Cosmos," published by @mitpress.bsky.social. Read the full exclusive excerpt:
Physicist Jorge Pullin explains how he got involved in the early development of loop quantum gravity theory while delving into the mysteries of the nature of time. See our full InterDialogue with Pullin to learn about his work with @ligo.org and his recent book published by @mitpress.bsky.social.
October 7, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Physicist Jorge Pullin explains how he got involved in the early development of loop quantum gravity theory while delving into the mysteries of the nature of time. See our full InterDialogue with Pullin to learn about his work with @ligo.org and his recent book published by @mitpress.bsky.social.
As Brazilian physicist—and The InterPlex contributor—Luiz Davidovich prepares to receive the prestigious TWAS Apex Award for his pioneering work on quantum optics and quantum information, we are featuring a clip of his InterDialogue. Congratulations to Luiz Davidovich for this well-deserved award!
October 3, 2025 at 2:28 PM
As Brazilian physicist—and The InterPlex contributor—Luiz Davidovich prepares to receive the prestigious TWAS Apex Award for his pioneering work on quantum optics and quantum information, we are featuring a clip of his InterDialogue. Congratulations to Luiz Davidovich for this well-deserved award!
Foundational questions transcend generational and cultural divides. The InterPlex focuses on the interconnections between six areas of inquiry, or InterSpheres. This month, we’ll be highlighting content from our Foundational Questions, Cosmology and Life InterSphere: theinterplex.org/interspheres...
Foundational Questions, Cosmology and Life - The Interplex
Foundational questions can transcend the divides of generations and cultures:
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September 29, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Foundational questions transcend generational and cultural divides. The InterPlex focuses on the interconnections between six areas of inquiry, or InterSpheres. This month, we’ll be highlighting content from our Foundational Questions, Cosmology and Life InterSphere: theinterplex.org/interspheres...
The InterPlex is a publication and community focusing on the interdisciplinary, intercultural and interconnected. We aim to provide thought-provoking and actionable content at the intersection of science, society, technology, health, culture, policy and the living planet. Join us: theinterplex.org
September 22, 2025 at 8:10 PM
The InterPlex is a publication and community focusing on the interdisciplinary, intercultural and interconnected. We aim to provide thought-provoking and actionable content at the intersection of science, society, technology, health, culture, policy and the living planet. Join us: theinterplex.org