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'Nature' Paper Refigures the Evolution of Altruism

(PhysOrg.com) -- In 1871, Charles Darwin puzzled over the evolution of altruism. "He who was ready to sacrifice his life, as many a savage has been," he wrote in The Descent of Man, "rather than betray his co ...

Biology / Evolution

created Feb 26, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (12) | comments 20 | with audio podcast




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NEC Integrates NanoBridge in the Cu Interconnects of Si LSI

NEC Corporation, in collaboration with the National Institute of Materials Science, today announced the successful integration of NanoBridge, a solid electrolyte non-volatile crossbar switch, in Cu interconnects ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Are school league tables any good?

Choosing a child’s school based on league tables is inadvisable because the tables ignore the uncertainty that arises from predicting a school’s future performance based on its past performance, according ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Group selection, a theory whose time has come...again

Sociobiology, the discipline founded on Darwin's theory of group evolution, is in theoretical disarray. In a landmark article for the December issue of the Quarterly Review of Biology, eminent evolutionary scientists David ...

Biology /

created Nov 28, 2007 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (32) | comments 0

Brain imaging identifies best memorization strategies

Exploring exactly why some individuals' memory skills are better than others has led researchers at Washington University in St. Louis to study the brain basis of learning strategies that healthy young adults ...

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created Aug 03, 2006 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (14) | comments 0


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