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Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:40:28 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Self-Sacrifice Among Strangers Has More to Do with Nurture than Nature
Self-Sacrifice Among Strangers Has More to Do with Nurture than Nature
Socially learned behavior and belief are much better candidates than genetics to explain the self-sacrificing behavior we see among strangers in societies, from soldiers to blood donors to those who contribute to food banks. This is the conclusion of a study by Adrian V. Bell and colleagues from the University of California Davis in the Oct. 12 edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Altruism has long been a subject of interest to evolutionary social ...
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Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:53:12 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: NSF Congratulates Nobel Laureates in Medicine/Physiology, Chemistry and Economics
NSF Congratulates Nobel Laureates in Medicine/Physiology, Chemistry and Economics
The National Science Foundation (NSF) congratulates the 2009 Nobel laureates, particularly those who have received NSF funding over the years: Jack W. Szostak, who shared the prize in physiology or medicine; Thomas A. Steitz, who shared the prize in chemistry; and Elinor Ostrom and Oliver E. Williamson who earned the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in economic sciences in memory of Alfred Nobel 2009.
"Through a highly competitive, merit-based system, NSF is in the business of identifying ...
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