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Biology Can Plants Be Altruistic? Now, a study led by the University of Colorado Boulder suggests some plants are altruistic…eiadminFebruary 1, 2013
Mind Is Human Nature Fundamentally Selfish or Altruistic? Did selfishness — or sharing — drive human evolution?eiadminOctober 8, 2012
Biology The Saturday Interview: Harvard Biologist Edward Wilson Was Dawkins right? Is Wilson a once-great researcher who has taken a wrong turn?eiadminAugust 20, 2012
Education Being Kind Makes Kids Happy A new study is the first to show that kids get a happiness boost from…eiadminAugust 1, 2012
Biology The Good Fight Prominent scientists are in a bitter struggle over the origins of kindness. But the root…Eric Michael JohnsonJuly 9, 2012
Biology Debate on Altruism, Human Social Evolution, and Natural Selection In the spirit of Evolution: This View of Life's mantra "science as a process of…eiadminJune 30, 2012
Politics The Science of War, and the War Over Human Nature Are we stuck with war? ETVOL reviews select contributions to the Science special issue on…Anthony LopezJune 6, 2012
Biology Why Is Everyone Still So Muddled About Selfish Genes? The Selfish Gene, Selfishness, and Multi-Level Selection: Why a 36-year Old Concept Remains So MisunderstoodDavid Sloan WilsonMarch 24, 2012
Religion When Richard Dawkins Is Not An Evolutionist "Dawkins is not an evolutionist in part because no one is keeping him within bounds.…David Sloan WilsonMarch 5, 2012