Posted 18 Jun 2012 / 0
Science “Science for Sustainable Development” The distinction between “Sustainable Development Goals” and the “Millenium Development Goals” is interesting: adding sustainability and thus environmental concerns to these goals necessitates more direct action on the part of developed nations. I am also intrigued by the idea that in order to truly make a go at technologically averting Read More
A Minor Post, Economic sustainability, Public Policy, Sustainability
Posted 18 Jun 2012 / 0
Nature “The bonobo genome compared with the chimpanzee and human genomes” Nature News “‘Hippie chimp’ genome sequenced” ScienceNow “Bonobos Join Chimps as Closest Human Relatives“
A Minor Post, Articles, Human Evolution, Human Uniqueness, Phylogenetics, Primates, Primatology, Web
Posted 18 Jun 2012 / 0
Evolution and Games: “How to quit the Price equation” “Evolution of Parochial Altruism by Multilevel Selection” “Sociality: It takes grouping and cooperation” “In and out of equilibrium: Evolution in repeated games” “Repeated games and population structure“
A Minor Post, Cooperation, Game Theory, Teaching Tools
Posted 16 Jun 2012 / 0
E-Print Network This new database, created by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, aggregates the many pages on which scientists make their publications available as e-prints. This aggregator is searchable, making it possible to access the work of thousands of scientists for free. Add this site to the list of many other means by Read More
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Posted 16 Jun 2012 / 0
National Public Radio “Explaining Muppet Theory: Are You An Ernie Or A Bert?” I have to admit that I am an “order Muppet”, but I also believe that human societies function in part because of their heterogeneity: we need the optimal mix of different behavioral types in order to realize the full potential of our Read More
A Minor Post, Radio & Podcasts, Social Diversity