The argument that altruism in sterile ants which work for the benefit of their community can be explained by kin selection has been overturned by mathematical analysis by Martin Nowak, author of Evolutionary Dynamics, in a paper published in Nature. Instead, altruism turns out to be a thoroughly naturally selected affair. Read more here.
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The argument that altruism in sterile ants which work for the benefit of their community can be explained by kin selection has been overturned by mathematical analysis by Martin Nowak, author of Evolutionary Dynamics, in a paper published in Nature. Instead, altruism turns out to be a thoroughly naturally selected affair. Read more here.
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Let me just start by saying that we're really glad that we have finally gotten this website off the ground. The response has generally been brilliant and so far, our batchmates in SSE have seemed to like it, which is great because they're the people that matter most (har har). I emailed the link to The Box Move to Dr. Asad Naqvi, our Physics instructor who has fast established his status as almost-deity at SSE, and he seems to feel that we need to expand our network of bloggers so we can have more people contributing to the blog. If you want to contribute essays, or just be a blogger who would like to share interesting (read science-related) articles, cartoons, videos or anything really, do let us know. We don't have an email address for The Box Move just yet, but hopefully we will soon. Till then, please approach us whenever and wherever you can, and hopefully we can expand this project. In the interests of creating a trend, here is a link to an article published the The Economist recently in the Science and Technology section on how the oceans now absorb less and less carbon dioxide therefore leading to climate change. http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15009907 Climate change has been pretty big for a while now, especially now as countries gather for the post-Kyoto conference in Copenhagen. Here's to hoping the world sees more California-like climate change reforms. And if us Pakistanis grow more aware of the dangers of global warming, legislation may follow to deal with the problem. If you read the article, you'll know about the hypothesis published recently in Nature Geoscience that climate change is a bit like a positive feedback mechanism. The idea is that the more temperatures change and polar ice caps melt, the more oceans lose their ability to absorb CO2. If you want to read more, here's the actual article: http://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/v2/n12/full/ngeo689.html I'm out for now. Finals loom and I do think I have been ignoring IDE for a very long time now. Again, we need all the help we can get, so if you want to be a part of The Box Move, just say the word and it'll happen. Kamil P.S: Yes, we are trying to upgrade to our own domain. Soon. |
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The story of a how a YouTube video of a blind man biking down a mountain inspired good non-fiction writing on echolocation. You may find it useful for your own writing. Read here. An awful waste of space?
Amidst NASA's budgetary cuts and scientists' renewed vigor in justifying Space Programs, it is important to shed some light on the background. Click here for a succinct overview of the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence(SETI) project. Manto ka Muqaddama
Pakistaniat.com publishes, on the anniversary of Saadat Hasan Manto's death, a sampling of his works, a tribute to him as well as articles chronicling the obscenity trial he was tried for. Read all three parts of the series here. Not Another 2010 List
The folks over at The Last Word put up their list for the best non-fiction in the past year, including 'The Mind's Eye' which is very hard to find in bookstores, indeed! Read the full list here. Bird Conspiracies
Leslie Kaufman at The New York Times tells us exactly why those birds flying above are dropping to their deaths. Click here to read the article. Spontaneous Solar Growth!
Reported at MadScience, scientists at MIT have found a way to create solar cells that can regenerate themselves like living organisms. Read more here. Lessons from Chernobyl
Decades after the radiation disaster at Chernobyl, scientists elucidate how plant life has been thriving in the highly radioactive environment. Read more here. Rolling Ribbons
MIT Scientists revisit Galileo's famous inclined plane experiment, this time with polymer ribbons and discover complex results. Read here. A Lifetime, Washed Away
Pakistani author Daniyal Mueenuddin writes in the NY Times about the aftermath of the flood and displaced people. Read more here of the article posted by 3QD. On String theory and Materials Science
Click here to find out how physicists at MIT are using ideas of gauge/gravity duality to explain properties of superconductors. That's why you're irrational!
Newsweek's Sharon Begley provides a fascinating argument for why evolution may favor irrationality. I particularly liked the examples she picked. Read here. Just when you wanted a gene kit
The US Food and Drug Administration held hearings n the 19th and 20th of July to talk about the validity of tests which were sold directly to the public which gives consumers direct access to to their genomes. Should it be regulated? Read more here. On Trees and Prisons
In a 6 minute talk on Ted.com, Nalini Nadkarni (shown above) talks about her ideas of incorporating conservation into prison programs. Watch the talk and read Nadkarni's fascinating biography here. These Lungs are made in USA
Stem Cell Biology takes huge leaps forward with the new advances made in lung transplants based on using the lungs extracellular architecture. Read more from Nature here. Economist Special Reports
Ten years after Craig Venter revealed the first working draft of the entire Human Genome, this special report demonstrates how Biology is now at the brink of something brilliant - just recently, the draft of the entire genome of the Neanderthal was revealed. Suck on that, sceptics! Orbit Stories
Bobby Satcher, astronaut, the first orthopedic surgeon in space. Read all about his tales here on MITnews. Craig Venter Creations
Researchers create world's first fully synthetic self replicating, living cell. Massive fuss about limitless monster potential possible. Read the NewScientist article here. Watch the Ted.com talk by Craig Venter here. TAGS
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