Game theory approach describes how social networks produce “six degrees of separation”
"Six degrees of separation” refers to a long-held notion about social networks—namely, that any two people in a social network…
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"Six degrees of separation” refers to a long-held notion about social networks—namely, that any two people in a social network…
Physicist Stephan Reuter of Polytechnique Montréal spends most days using his expertise in energy and matter to improve medical technologies.…
Newton’s third law tells us that for every action, there’s an equal reaction going the opposite way. It’s been reassuring…
ONE April night in 1820, the Danish experimentalist Hans Christian Øersted made a remarkable discovery. By bringing an electrical wire…
Justin Burton’s fascination with soap bubbles began in Barcelona, Spain, six summers ago. “It was hot and humid, and there…
November is election time, and not only for voters in the United States. On November 16, hundreds of scientists will…
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Robert Kremens fights fire with fire. No, really – that’s his job. Kremens sets fires in a host of locations…
If you’re interested in the smallest things known to scientists, there’s something you should know. They are extraordinarily ill-behaved. But…
In more than 20 years as a meteorologist, Joshua Wurman had seen – and chased – more than 150…