Not only are weaver ants not plagued by a drop in teamwork efficiency, but they’re actually ‘superefficient’.
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Squamellaria plants grow special structures to host the ants they symbiotically rely on for nutrients. Distinct compartments help different ant colonies live peacefully side by side.
Nationalistic behavior can put people, economies and ecosystems, and even peace, at risk. The US, which paused Columbia River talks with Canada, isn’t the only country shifting in this direction.
Policies enacted from a sense of spite may backfire in the long-term.
Reduced to its essence, the process of natural selection would look a lot like play.
The decision by the three countries could change the dynamics of Ecowas.
Ancient religious customs have accelerated the evolutionary process of humans becoming more cooperative.
‘Mind-reading’ requires the ability to put yourself in someone else’s shoes, predicting their actions and reading their emotions.
Africa has been relatively peaceful in terms of inter-state violent conflicts.
The two West African countries can help each other avert flooding disasters.
Cancer cells are ‘cheaters’ that do not cooperate with the rest of the body. Certain microbes in your diet can either protect against or promote tumor formation by influencing cell cooperation.
African states and their development partners must protect ECOWAS regional integration efforts.
Communication helps group members to size up the intentions of the others.
Researchers have discovered that great white sharks are more social than previously thought. Using specialized tags, they tracked six sharks and found that some stay close to each other when hunting.
Eye contact is essential for building and developing trust. But after more than a year of working and socializing online, our ability to make and maintain eye contact has been diminished.
Key areas for cooperation between Indonesia and the Gulf countries are trade and investment, multilateralism, pandemic mitigation, and cultural exchange.
The period in which we are living is conducive to reflection in order to co-construct new knowledge systems and think research differently.
The word, which roughly translates to considering the needs of society above your own, has become a buzzword in Denmark.
Life in a honey bee hive is all about cooperating for the collective good.
Rather than a vaccine to beef up your immune system, a psychoactive substance could boost your cooperative, pro-social behavior – curtailing the selfish actions that spur on coronavirus’s spread.
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