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A simple mathematical model can account for lizard’s green-and-black pattern

Enlarge / The patterns of the ocellated lizard are predictable by a mathematical model with regard to phase transitions. (credit: UNIGE or Michel Milinkovitch) Zebras and tigers have stripes, cheetahs plus leopards have spots, and the ocellated lizard ( Timon lepidus ) boasts a labyrinthine pattern of black-and-green chains associated with scales. Now researchers from […]

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Physics Nobel goes to complexity, both general and climatic

Enlarge / The output of a modern climate model allows us to detect trends despite the chaotic nature of the underlying system. (credit: NOAA ) Complex behavior is all around us. Think of something like the economy. It has lots of components, each with its own set of rules and all of them interacting in […]

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