Many species exhibit cooperative survival strategies—for example, sharing food or alerting other individuals when a predator is nearby. However, there are almost always freeloaders in the population who will take advantage ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 13, 2012
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Cheating. Conflict. Competition. It may sound like a soap opera but this is the complex life of the despised ragweed plant.
Plants & Animals
Oct 1, 2012
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Wealth inequality can encourage people to cooperate when they would otherwise have no incentive to do so, according to a new study published in Nature Communications.
Social Sciences
Oct 3, 2013
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In ant society, workers normally give up reproducing themselves to care for their queen's offspring, who are their brothers and sisters. When workers try to cheat and have their own kids in the queen's presence, their peers ...
Jan 8, 2009
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A set of colorful patterns are proof that bacteria and humans aren't all that different—both harbor individuals that will take the easy way out when given the chance. And that lifestyle can quickly spread to the detriment ...
Ecology
Mar 7, 2024
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