Gender and cooperation enigmas in social dilemmas

When the classic prisoner dilemma game (PD) is played repeatedly in many rounds, is cooperation maintained? And male couples cooperate almost double female pairs? Both findings were reported in a great American experiment published more than half a century ago. Now, an experimental study that uses more rigorous methodological and statistical techniques and much larger…

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A climate and society student seeks a common language between science and politics: the state of the planet

Before joining the MA program in climate and society, Lina Maria Villegas spent several years as a military linguist and hired, learning a completely new language and culture, an experience that aroused her curiosity about the world and took her to school for geographical sciences to Maryland University. Now, Villegas is studying a different language:…

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