A ubiquitous feature of all living systems is their ability to sustain a biochemistry in which all
reactions are coordinated by catalysts, and all reactants (along with the catalysts) are either …

Life is more than the sum of its constituent molecules. Living systems depend on a particular
chemical organization, ie, the ways in which their constituent molecules interact and …

Societies must transform their dynamics to support the flourishing of life. There is increasing
interest in regeneration and regenerative practice as a solution, but also limited cohered …

It has been proposed that cultural evolution was made possible by a cognitive transition
brought about by onset of the capacity for self-triggered recall and rehearsal. Here we …

The origin of economic niches, conceived as potential markets, has been mostly neglected
in economic theory. Ecological niches emerge as new species evolve and fit into a web of …

Applying network science concepts and methods to economic systems is not a new idea. In
the last few decades, however, advances in non-equilibrium thermodynamics (ie, self …

The utilisation of the ecospace and the change in diversity through time has been suggested
to be due to the effect of niche partitioning, as a global long-term pattern in the fossil record …

Self-sustaining autocatalytic networks play a central role in living systems, from metabolism
at the origin of life, simple RNA networks and the modern cell, to ecology and cognition. A …

It is becoming widely accepted that very early in life's origin, even before the emergence of
genetic encoding, reaction networks of diverse small chemicals might have manifested key …

A long tradition explains technological change as recombination. Within this tradition, this
Element develops an innovative combinatorial model of technological change and tests it …