How game theory and insights from cognitive psychology can shed light on the economic choices people and corporations make will be the focus of a topical lecture presented by California Institute of Technology (Caltech) behavioral ...
Other
Feb 16, 2009
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Competitive sports and games are all about the performance of players and teams, which results in performance-based hierarchies. Because such performance is measurable and is the result of varied rules, sports and games are ...
General Physics
Dec 20, 2016
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Health inequality was a major concern of 20th century social democrats in countries ranging from Britain to Sweden.
Social Sciences
Apr 10, 2020
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People in the workplace may adjust their behavior to break stereotypes about themselves or match the stereotypes of others—even if it means playing dumb or giving the cold shoulder, a Princeton University study finds.
Social Sciences
Mar 15, 2016
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A team of behavioral ecologists from the Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) and the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU Berlin) is investigating how animals hunt in groups. Animals in water ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 10, 2023
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Mysterious creatures that thrive in the dark, bats have long been associated with witchcraft, vampires, and black magic. But according to Dr. Yossi Yovel of Tel Aviv University's Department of Zoology at Tel Aviv University, ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 9, 2012
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A summer afternoon at the beach quickly became a scramble to save a pod of disoriented pilot whales, with vacationers joining lifeguards and state wildlife crews in the water trying to keep roughly 30 of the large marine ...
Ecology
Jul 17, 2019
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The terms of welfare reform and Labor market activation in the UK need to be re-set, according to a senior university policy expert Andrew Jones, director of the Local Economy Policy Unit at London South Bank University, ...
Economics & Business
Jul 27, 2012
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A number of countries are aggressively trying to control the Internet, a top US diplomat cautioned Thursday, insisting Washington would give no ground when it comes to curbing freedoms on the Web.
Internet
Mar 7, 2013
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The intricate social hierarchy of the California condor, an endangered species, is something that could not be studied until recently due to the severe reduction of this population in the wild. The first formal study on this ...
Ecology
Jul 16, 2013
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