Insight into evolution of cooperation

As one of our closest living animal relatives, bonobos show humanlike ability to work together outside social borders in new study.

Anne J. Manning • harvard
Nov. 17, 2023 ~5 min

Maine voters don't like their electric utilities, but they balked at paying billions to buy them out

Power companies can be publicly or privately owned and may report to corporate boards, local governments or co-op members. But there’s no one best way to deliver electricity reliably and affordably.

Theodore J. Kury, Director of Energy Studies, University of Florida • conversation
Nov. 9, 2023 ~10 min


Kindness has persisted in a competitive world – cultural evolution can explain why

Ancient religious customs have accelerated the evolutionary process of humans becoming more cooperative.

Jonathan R Goodman, Researcher, Human Evolutionary Studies, University of Cambridge • conversation
Sept. 25, 2023 ~7 min

Want to collaborate better? Pick your partner wisely and learn how to read them

‘Mind-reading’ requires the ability to put yourself in someone else’s shoes, predicting their actions and reading their emotions.

Roksana Markiewicz, PhD candidate in Psychology/ Neuroscience, University of Birmingham • conversation
July 13, 2023 ~6 min

Inventor of First Mobile Phone Looks back, Thinks about Future

VOA Learning English • voa
Feb. 28, 2023 ~4 min

Microbes in your food can help or hinder your body's defenses against cancer – how diet influences the conflict between cell 'cooperators' and 'cheaters'

Cancer cells are ‘cheaters’ that do not cooperate with the rest of the body. Certain microbes in your diet can either protect against or promote tumor formation by influencing cell cooperation.

Athena Aktipis, Associate Professor of Psychology, Center for Evolution and Medicine, Arizona State University • conversation
Jan. 31, 2023 ~7 min

Do we owe the long human lifespan to our elders?

The long human lifespan is due in part to the contributions of our elders, according to a new theory in the debate about life post-fertility.

Sonia Fernandez-UCSB • futurity
July 11, 2022 ~10 min

How to express yourself if you want others to cooperate with you – new research

Communication helps group members to size up the intentions of the others.

Zoe Adams, Post-doctoral researcher in Sociolinguistics, Queen Mary University of London • conversation
May 30, 2022 ~8 min


Great white sharks occasionally hunt in pairs - new research sheds light on social behavior of these mysterious predators

Researchers have discovered that great white sharks are more social than previously thought. Using specialized tags, they tracked six sharks and found that some stay close to each other when hunting.

Yannis Papastamatiou, Professor of Biological Sciences, Florida International University • conversation
April 11, 2022 ~9 min

A little dishonesty can make cooperation happen

Overstating the true level of cooperation in a society can increase cooperative behavior overall, research finds.

Katherine Unger Baillie-Penn • futurity
July 13, 2021 ~7 min

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