Christopher X J. Jensen
Professor, Pratt Institute

Theoretical computer science considers the evolution of cooperation a worthy challenge

Posted 23 Oct 2011 / 0

ITCS 2012: Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Dynamics of Prisoner’s Dilemma and the Evolution of Cooperation on Networks Authors: Vahideh H. Manshadi and Amin Saberi

Roland Legrand has a nice concept map up on the Evolution of Cooperation

Posted 19 Oct 2011 / 0

MindMeister Evolution of Cooperation map

Cutout animation used to describe the successional communities supported by whalefall

Posted 18 Oct 2011 / 0

Sweet Fern Productions “A World of Undersea Cutouts”

Artificial Life conference features “Collective Dynamics” track focused on the evolution of cooperation

Posted 17 Oct 2011 / 0

Artificial Life 13 “Evolution in Action“

Wildlife Biologist Alan Rabinowitz on Stuttering, Living with Cancer, and Big Cat Conservation

Posted 16 Oct 2011 / 0

On Being “A Voice for the Animals” There is some really inspiring content in this broad-minded profile on what inspires and motivates amazing activist-scientists like Rabinowitz.

More evidence that the gap between humans and chimps is wedged wide by our propensity for cooperation

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Current Biology “Children, but Not Chimpanzees, Prefer to Collaborate“

Shocking! The interaction of genes and diet dictates disease risk.

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Science Friday “More Reasons to Eat Your Fruits and Veggies“

The Atlantic features E.O. Wilson

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The Atlantic Magazine “E. O. Wilson’s Theory of Everything” I provided some review for this article and even make a cameo! Power of the blog!

Carl Zimmer brings slime molds into the limelight

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The New York Times “Can Answers to Evolution Be Found in Slime?” I was not aware of the immune-system-like response described in this article. The geographical competencies of these organisms are also astounding!

Does the theoretical definition of altruism fail to capture most of human mutual aid?

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Steve Davis for Science 2.0 “Selfish Gene Theory: It’s Time to Ditch the Mantra“