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- Rhett Bradbury’s Master’s Thesis explores how gaming can foster political leadership
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- My review of Railsback and Grimm’s “Agent-based and individual-based modeling” textbook published in Ecology
- Envirolutions club launches its “Room for Improvement” campaign
- Dumb radio ads provide smart insight into the diverse nature of human societies
- Is selective rejection of science really a problem?
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- Governor Cuomo makes the connection between natural disasters and climate change, calls for building in resilience
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- Pratt Professor Ágnes Mócsy releases “Smashing Matters” short film
- NPR piece suggests that economics are pushing us towards nutrient recycling
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- Allen MacNeill predicts resolution of Ev-Coop debates
- Martin Nowak to lecture on the compatibility of god and the evolutionary process
- Understanding kin selection and reciprocity when strategies are culturally propagated
- “Earth Hour” seeks to re-focus our attention on all the earth provides
- Seth Horowitz on our perception of sound
- Forward on Climate Rally seeks to shift the national dialogue on anthropogenic climate change
- Quantifying the climate value of that 40-acre woodlot
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Tag Archives: In the Light of Evolution
In the Light of Evolution V: Cooperation (January 7th)
John C. Avise [1, 2] started off the colloquium by giving a very brief introduction to the In the Light of Evolution series, highlighting much of the history I discussed in my preview. Peter Nonacs “Insect Societies: Pinnacles of Cooperation” … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, Cooperation, Evolution, Talks & Seminars
Tagged Ben Kerr, David C. Queller, Dustin R. Rubenstein, Francisco J. Ayala, Gene E. Robinson, Greg Velicer, In the Light of Evolution, Jack H. Werren, Joan E. Strassmann, Joel L. Sachs, John C. Avise, National Academy of Sciences, Peter Nonacs, Sackler Colloquia
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In the Light of Evolution V: Cooperation (An Abbreviated and Incomplete Social Network Analysis of the Speakers)
In a couple of days I will be attending the In the Light of Evolution V: Cooperation colloquium, and in preparation I have been reviewing the work of the featured speakers. Tomorrow, I will be posting a preview of the … Continue reading
E.O. Wilson’s “The Four Great Books of Darwin”
In preparation for my attendance at the In the Light of Evolution V: Cooperation conference, I have been checking out past National Academy of Sciences colloquia in this series. In 2009, there was an In the Light of Evolution of … Continue reading
