Can cod come back?
Posted 14 May 2012 / 0Nature “Transient dynamics of an altered large marine ecosystem“
A Minor Post, Articles, Biodiversity Loss, Conservation Biology, Extinction, Sustainable HarvestingI knew that dog was watching me: Jennifer Verdolin confirms my worst fears
Posted 11 May 2012 / 0Scientific American Blogs “The Art of Eavesdropping: Nature’s Silent Sniffers, Watchers and Listeners”
A Minor Post, Behavior, Behavioral Ecology, Canids, WebIf you don’t think that culture can make us do maladaptive things, check out “trepanning”
Posted 11 May 2012 / 0Scientific American Images of the Week “Guns in Ancient Egypt and Nubia?“
A Minor Post, Cultural Evolution, Memetic Fitness, WebRichard Sennett’s “Together” explores the history of cooperative rituals
Posted 10 May 2012 / 0Yale University Press “Together: The Rituals, Pleasures and Politics of Cooperation“
A Minor Post, Articles, Behavior, Cooperation, Political ScienceNational Academies Press releases proceedings for “Cooperation and Conflict” colloquium
Posted 10 May 2012 / 0The National Academies Press “In the Light of Evolution V: Cooperation and Conflict”
A Minor Post, Conferences, Cooperation“Open Yale” course provides the fundamentals of Game Theory for free
Posted 10 May 2012 / 0Open Yale courses “Econ 159: Game Theory“
A Minor Post, Game Theory, Higher EducationJohn Horgan reviews Robert Trivers’ “The Folly of Fools”
Posted 09 May 2012 / 0The New York Times “Why We Lie“
A Minor Post, Articles, Behavior, Communication, Human EvolutionJames K. Galbraith makes the connection between debt policy and social stability
Posted 09 May 2012 / 0The Brian Lehrer Show “Inequality and Stability” As I have suggested in previous posts, debt has the potential to destabilize societies.
A Minor Post, Ethics, Political Science, Public Policy, Radio & Podcasts, System Stability, System StabilityBBC covers the up side of the North Pacific plastic “garbage patch”
Posted 09 May 2012 / 0BBC News “Big rise in North Pacific plastic waste” Two unsurprising findings here: The amount of plastic garbage in the ocean has dramatically increased over the past 40 years; and Some organisms are going to utilize this new resource to their advantage.
A Minor Post, Adaptation, Marine Ecosystems, Pollution, WebShort interview with Mark Pagel in The Guardian
Posted 08 May 2012 / 0The Guardian “Mark Pagel: culture is central to human success” I thought it was interesting how Pagel took on the “culture as parasite” idea pretty directly: we are far too dependent on culture for it to be parasitizing us, although culture probably does lead to the sacrifice of the ‘good of the individual’ for the ‘good Read More
A Minor Post, Breeders, Propagators, & Creators, Cooperation, Cultural Evolution