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- 'Networked minds' require fundamentally new kind of economics
- Multi-purpose wonder can generate hydrogen, produce clean water and even provide energy
- 'Kill Bill' character inspires the name of a new parasitoid wasp species
| 'Networked minds' require fundamentally new kind of economics Posted: 20 Mar 2013 08:51 AM PDT In their computer simulations of human evolution, scientists have discovered the emergence of the "homo socialis" with "other-regarding" preferences. The results explain some intriguing findings in experimental economics and call for a new economic theory of "networked minds". On average, people behave more fairness-oriented and other-regarding than expected. A new theory now explains why. |
| Multi-purpose wonder can generate hydrogen, produce clean water and even provide energy Posted: 20 Mar 2013 06:48 AM PDT A new wonder material can generate hydrogen, produce clean water and even provide energy. Science fiction? Hardly, and there's more -- It can also desalinate water, be used as flexible water filtration membranes, help recover energy from desalination waste brine, be made into flexible solar cells and can also double the lifespan of lithium ion batteries. With its superior bacteria-killing capabilities, it can also be used to develop a new type of antibacterial bandage. |
| 'Kill Bill' character inspires the name of a new parasitoid wasp species Posted: 19 Mar 2013 09:43 AM PDT Three new parasitoid wasp species from the genus Cystomastacoides have been described from Thailand and Papua New Guinea. A character from Tarantino's "Kill Bill", a supernatural murder mystery novelist, and the fatal end of the wasp's host inspire the names of the new species, referring to their deadly biology. The paper offers a first record of the host and a considerable expansion of the genus range. |
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