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...green beard gene.’” The “green beard gene” was initially proposed by Oxford evolutionary biologist William D. Hamilton in 1964. The idea helps explain how cooperative behavior can evolve among organisms. Biologists have often asked how cooperation could succeed when “cheaters”—organisms that did not express the cooperative gene—could benefit from other organisms’ cooperation. A green beard gene is a gene that allows organisms to cooperate only with other organisms that also have the gene. These organisms...
...headway in the fight against al-Qaeda and Taliban-linked militants, to the Indian frontier. "That would play into the hands of these terrorists," says Sethi. "If Pakistan and India start fighting, then the whole focus on the war on terror would be lost, and those militant groups would succeed. That would be tragic...
...strong support for the overall recommendations. Flier wrote in the report that financing ongoing and proposed initiatives will be one of the largest challenges facing the Medical School. “Science is expensive, yet we want to attract and retain the best faculty, give them the tools to succeed, and support them in a vigorous and exciting environment,” Flier wrote. The turbulent economic climate only exacerbates the challenges to researchers at universities. Funding for the National Institutes of Health has been frozen in recent years, meaning that it has declined in real terms. The Medical School?...
...Club. No: For whatever reason, the cosmos themselves are aligned against any such rally held on Harvard’s grounds. No more than five have been pulled off in a half-century. And if 2005 was any indication, these rallies are pretty stupid, even when they succeed. If anything, we should be happy that, these days, Harvard spirit can only barely induce shoving. Everyone, get back to work...
...whether one can reduce an artist’s life to such stories. Kehlmann embarks on an ambitious project to chronicle the process of creating a new iconic figure for the 21st century, ultimately finding it to be a futile endeavor. The book itself doesn’t exactly succeed either.Recounted in the witty and rhythmic voice of journalist Sebastian Zollner, the novel tells of how Zollner, who is just one bestseller away from fame, travels to the countryside to interview the reclusive Manuel Kaminski and write the artist’s definitive biography. But he soon gets sidetracked from...