Complex systems

Stock patterns
Hyperbolic geometry, used in the study of the brain, may provide stock traders an edge.
In perfect sync
Starlings and locusts seem to make decisions in concert in a striking exhibition of groupthink. This offers clues to how complex systems work.
Stroke of luck
A political scientist argues that more things are wrought by fluke than we realise.
An ode to complexity
Giorgio Parisi gives readers a starling's-eye view of the science of complexity.