Project News

February 21
Beyond the divide between indigenous and academic knowledge: Causal and mechanistic explanations in a Brazilian fishing community

Charbel El-Hani and David Ludwig, part of the “An Organizational Account of Ecological Functions” project, contributed to the Studies in History and Philosophy of Science article, “Beyond the divide between indigenous and academic knowledge: Causal and mechanistic explanations in a Brazilian fishing community.”

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February 20
Plasticity in resource choice: a time-limited butterfly prioritizes apparency over quality

Emilie Snell-Rood, PI of the ‘Function’ in biology and bio-inspired design project, contributed to the Animal Behaviour article, “Plasticity in resource choice: a time-limited butterfly prioritizes apparency over quality.”

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February 19
Experimental evidence that group size generates divergent benefits of cooperative breeding for male and female ostriches

Charlie Cornwallis, part of the “Evolution and Organismal Goal-Directedness” project, contributed to the ELife article “Experimental evidence that group size generates divergent benefits of cooperative breeding for male and female ostriches.”

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February 16
The Value-Free Ideal of Science: A Useful Fiction? A Review of Non-epistemic Reasons for the Research Integrity Community

Hugh Desmond, part of the Agency and Explanation in the Evolutionary Sciences project, contributed to the Science and Engineering Ethics article, “The Value-Free Ideal of Science: A Useful Fiction? A Review of Non-epistemic Reasons for the Research Integrity Community.”

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February 14
Uncertain effectiveness of Miscanthus bioenergy expansion for climate change mitigation explored using land surface, agronomic and integrated assessment models

Tim Lenton, part of the Chance versus Purpose in the Evolution of Biospheres project, contributed to the Open Access GCB Bioenergy article, “Uncertain effectiveness of Miscanthus bioenergy expansion for climate change mitigation explored using land surface, agronomic and integrated assessment models.”

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