Cooperation
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On Peace
January 21, 2011
History—not to mention differing languages, cultures, and values—can make peace difficult to achieve. Science is a common ground upon which nations can collaborate to improve our world.
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On Education
December 25, 2010
With a cross-disciplinary approach to education, we can train a new class of problem-solvers to address current global challenges, from poverty to climate change.
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On International Cooperation
December 21, 2010
Progress on world challenges, from the environment to health to food security, depends on interdisciplinary, globe-spanning conversations.
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On a Global Foresight Commons
November 23, 2010
Secrets have long been the governing paradigm in national security and government intelligence. But the scientific challenges we face today demand a new ethic of openness.
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The Evolution of Cooperation
July 14, 2010
Insects that survive on plant sap alone offer insights into the likely origin and evolution of all multicellular life.
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Nature’s Bizarre Bedfellows
January 27, 2010
Evolutionary theory predicts that species must compete to survive. But often the best chances for survival come when different species work together for the benefit of both.
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Spotlight on Science Diplomacy
January 19, 2010
British Foreign Secretary David Miliband recently made the case for research as a political bridge. How the UK is building a foundation for a new kind of international policy.
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Portfolio: Flight Patterns
September 07, 2009
Richard Barnes's photographs of birds’ flight patterns above a Rome suburb highlight the tension between the individual and the collective.
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Pavlov’s Microorganisms
July 27, 2009
Microorganisms can predict changes in their environments—upending age-old biological tenets and giving new insight into non-neural genius.
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Full Moon, Half Measures
July 24, 2009
As the world turned its attention to the moon, politicians tried to figure out how much it will cost to save the Earth and who is responsible for footing the bill.
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Building Without Walls
July 09, 2009
A new breed of architectural objects, inspired by theoretical science, is changing how we think about building and what counts as art.
cooperation, creativity, innovation, structure, visualization
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Did Cooking Make Us Human?
June 09, 2009
A new book argues that cooked food is the key to our evolution. Did it also enable pair bonding and the concept of ownership?
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The Hive Mind
April 14, 2009
Is understanding the selfless behavior of ants, bees, and wasps the key to a new evolutionary synthesis?
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Growing the Tangled Bank
April 10, 2009
Darwin is best known for natural selection, but he saw the power of chance and development, too.
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How to Reign Indefinitely
April 08, 2009
An unusual form of asexual reproduction by a Japanese species of termite raises the question: What is the value of sex?
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Love at 1,200 Hz
March 02, 2009
An irritating, disease-laden species of mosquito proves that it can also be sophisticated, sensual, and even romantic.
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Crowdsourcing the Genome
February 27, 2009
New ways of thinking about research emerge in the age of user-generated genetics.
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Report From Dubai
February 03, 2009
Last November, the World Economic Forum convened thought leaders and heads of industry to discuss the state of the world. Seed followed up to ask where we go from here.
cooperation, energy, innovation, nanotechnology, technology, water
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Safeguarding Biology
February 02, 2009
Can biotechnology safely reverse the course of our deteriorating biosphere?
biotechnology, cooperation, decision making, disease, research
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The True 21st Century Begins
January 29, 2009
From the fevered mind of Bruce Sterling and his alter-ego, Bruno Argento, a consideration of things ahead.
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Yeast Gone Wild
December 18, 2008
Feral yeast shed light on one of Darwin's greatest evolutionary puzzles, by getting drunk and socializing.
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Bacterial Foresight
October 09, 2008
Can bacteria anticipate changes in their environment?
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Steven Pinker on Swearing and Violence
September 02, 2008
Ideas are connected in circuitous ways, and you never know when a discovery in one area will shed light on another.
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Wing of Bat, and Mouse’s Leg
August 27, 2008
Deciphering how a paw becomes a wing confirms some of eco-devo's basic hypotheses.
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Eastern Union
March 14, 2008
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Ideas
I Tried Almost Everything Else
John Rinn, snowboarder, skateboarder, and “genomic origamist,” on why we should dumpster-dive in our genomes and the inspiration of a middle-distance runner.
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Ideas
Going, Going, Gone
The second most common element in the universe is increasingly rare on Earth—except, for now, in America.
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Ideas
Earth-like Planets Aren’t Rare
Renowned planetary scientist James Kasting on the odds of finding another Earth-like planet and the power of science fiction.
