Cooperation Colloquium this week: Talbot M. Andrews @talbotmandrews.bsky.social (Cornell): Overcoming the social dilemma of climate change Friday, Sep 26, 15:00 UTC+2 Vienna / 9 am NYC Sign up: list.ku.dk/postorius/li...

What Makes a Good Reputation? | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/ecol... #BehSci @psychologytoday.com

UK officially recognises Palestine as a state Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the UK - alongside Australia and Canada - was taking the step "in the face of growing horror" in the Middle East news.sky.com/story/uk-off...

Pink footed geese over the house this morning - it must be autumn

A wader-fest at E. Chevington, Northumberland for world shorebirds day. White-rumped and pectoral sandpipers, black tailed godwits, ruff, greenshank among the highlights. (Bit distant for my camera though!)

Wondrous

Physical copies of this 71-chapter tome now exist. Do encourage your library to buy a copy…also doubles as excellent door stop! Co-edited with Jamie Tehrani and @rachkendal.bsky.social. @oxunipress.bsky.social @durhamanthropology.bsky.social

My review of Sex is a Spectrum, by Agustín Fuentes 🧪 #BioAnth blog.edhagen.net/posts/2025-0...

What is the average effectiveness of choice architecture ('nudge') interventions on behaviour? From Szaszi, B., Goldstein, D.G, @susanmichie.bsky.social & @dilipsoman.bsky.social #BehaviouralScience

I don't understand how anyone can think that firing on people trying to get food is in any way defensible. October 7 is not an excuse to commit atrocities, war crimes and genocide. #gaza #palestine #israel

At our demonstration today, I'm holding a placard stating "I support Palestine. Action must be taken." My aim is to highlight the absurdity of the government dictating what can and cannot be said by peace-seeking people

Dream PhD opportunity, doing important and pioneering work on how humans and other animals solve problems that require them to work together to sustain resources (like the planet!)! Creative, brilliant, and supportive mentor!

Brown hares can currently be shot all-year round , despite an estimated decline of 80% in the last 100 years . Please sign the petition now calling on the Govt to introduce a close season from Feb – Sept . Thank you !

Puffin therapy

Our latest superb starling work in @nature.com. We observe long-term reciprocal helping relationships, and suggest reciprocity is an underappreciated mechanism promoting the stability of cooperatively breeding societies. Led by Alexis Earl and @gerrycarter.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Revised preprint. Charles Efferson and Ernst Fehr claim that reciprocity does not work. In a Nature paper they falsely claim that between-group competition rescues cooperation. Here I show that a simple error in their model is responsible for their false claims www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

Listening to PetShopBoys Suburbia (1986). Timeless, except perhaps for updating "where's a policeman when you need one to blame the colour TV" to "where's a politician when you need one to blame social media". www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VCq...

Puffin cam from Northumberland is back @ehbea2025.bsky.social www.youtube.com/live/aMaNSZU...

22 mins on autoredial app to be told surgery fully booked with people who somehow got through. Travel insurance want evidence but surgery says they are there to treat people not sign forms. Fever and coughing up blood so this is no surprise. Got appt in end but.. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Wonder how many other folks spent Easter with the @ehbea2025.bsky.social conference cold. At least it wasn't covid at this conference (as far as I know), which makes a change! 🤒

Two more weeks to apply! Spread the word and reach out with any questions.

Lots of souvenirs for those who liked the @ehbea2025.bsky.social theme - www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1...

Another journalist murdered www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

This sounds great! Shame I don't think I count as early career!

✨️The EHBEA 2025 Starter Pack is Here! ✨️ - Follow #EHBEA2025 conference presenters & attendees! 👩‍🔬👨‍🔬 - Attending EHBEA?? Comment bellow or send us a message to be added! #CoolEvoScience #HumanBehaviour #SharingResearch @ehbea.bsky.social go.bsky.app/83e84Ca

Heading north to #ehbea2025 where there’ll be a Stand Up For Science panel session on Wednesday. So attendees, please bring your best ideas for how evolutionary behavioural scientists can push back against political misuse and suppression of science

Passed on without comment www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Top marks to the author for working in the biscuit gag www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

as Elon Musk continues to shred science, Mike Taylor reflects on inaction by @royalsociety.org svpow.com/2025/04/04/t...

Lovely film about Tim Birkhead's long-term study of Guillemots on Skomer. More than half a century of study of this population: this kind of continuity critical for understanding vitality of these important populations. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... vimeo.com/1063680641/2...

Working with an interdisciplinary team, we have developed a website to communicate how the White House's proposed cuts to health research would cause losses of $16B and 68,500 jobs. Find out how your community may be impacted. Explore more at SCIMaP: scienceimpacts.org a 🧵

Sickening. Trump/Russia is evil.

Unbelievable amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/03/...

Lungfish xkcd.com/3064

Please see below for EHBEA's statement in solidarity with Stand Up For Science Day ✊

Can cancer cells cooperate in ways that drive metastasis? Our study reveals how transient cooperation between non-tumorigenic clones and metastatic clones can fuel tumor spread in ovarian cancer. www.nature.com/articles/s41... #CancerResearch #Metastasis #TumorBiology

Not used UK trains for a while. Dearie me. 1st train cancelled, 2nd train cancelled, 3rd train 22 mins too late. Taxi to station. Taxi back home again. Manic drive to airport but too late for pre-booked parking. Missed flight. Looking at travel costs of 7x planned and missing the point of going. 🥴

Just two days left to apply for this postdoc position in @bjornlindstrom.bsky.social's group in Stockholm, on an exciting project on social learning and cultural evolution ki.varbi.com/en/what:job/... in collaboration with Piet van den Berg (Leuven) and myself (Amsterdam). Reposts welcome!

Europe can’t rely on the strength of the transatlantic relationship to help contain Russia’s threat – it must lead from the front and be the true force of support that Ukraine needs. Not just for Ukraine’s sake, but for a free and sovereign Europe.

“.. universities, learned societies, and similar organisations must avoid anticipative compliance. There have already been some shameful examples of self-censorship, including writing women and people of colour out of their history” www.bmj.com/content/388/...

📣 CCE's next talk is coming up next week 📣 @viveknityananda.bsky.social from Newcastle University is presenting on 'Comparing minds: from bees to humans" 📅 19th Feb 13:00 - 14:15 GMT 🔓 Open to everyone online or in person in Brunel Online joining info 👇

Is #EHBEA2025 worth the trip to Newcastle?? Definitely! Let us show you why -- First up, the Newcastle Quayside – in daytime: stunning riverside views and vibrant culture! 🌊✨ Take a gorgeous stroll along the Tyne to admire the iconic bridges, and soak in the lively atmosphere. #LoveTheTyne [1/3]