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A team of scientists and philosophers is proposing a new law of nature to describe the vast complexity and diversity seen across the universe.

Evolution of plants, animals: “A very special case within a far larger natural phenomenon.” Similar marvels occur with stars, planets, minerals, other complex systems; When a novel configuration works well and function improves, evolution occurs

Washington DC (SPX) Oct 17, 2023 - A paper in the prestigious Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences describes a missing law of nature, recognizing for the first time an important norm within the natural worlds workings.

Washington DC (SPX) Oct 17, 2023 - A paper in the prestigious Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences describes a missing law of nature, recognizing for the first time an important norm within the natural worlds workings.

<p>A paper in the prestigious <em>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences</em> today describes “a missing law of nature,” recognizing for the first time an important norm within the natural world’s workings.  </p> <p>In essence, the new law states that complex natural systems evolve to states of greater patterning, diversity, and complexity. In other words, evolution is not limited to life on Earth, it also occ...

Darwinian evolution, the team argues, is just a very special, very important case within a far larger natural phenomenon.