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Darwinism in economics: from analogy to ontology

open access: yes
Several social scientists, including `evolutionary economists', have expressed scepticism of `biological analogies' and rejected the application of `Darwinism' to socio-economic evolution.
Geoffrey M. Hodgson
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The Biological Sciences Can Act as a Ground for Ethics [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This paper is interested in the relationship between evolutionary thinking and moral behavior and commitments, ethics. There is a traditional way of forging or conceiving of the relationship.
Ruse, Michael
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The impact of COVID‐19 on public perceptions of wild meat in Central Africa

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Wild meat is a significant source of food and income generation in Central Africa. However, there is little knowledge of how the assumed link between COVID‐19 and wild meat consumption has been discussed by the media and received by the public. In this study, we conducted media content analysis of 264 articles published in 2019–2020 related to
Yuhan Li   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Random Unitary Operations and Quantum Darwinism

open access: yes, 2016
We study the behavior of Quantum Darwinism (Zurek, Nature Physics 5, 181 - 188 (2009)) within the iterative, random unitary operations qubit-model of pure decoherence (Novotn´y et al, New Jour. Phys. 13, 053052 (2011)). We conclude that Quantum Darwinism,
Balaneskovic, Nenad
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Engaging the public in plant science: Communication facilitators and barriers of scaling up a citizen science campaign

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Volunteers have been involved in nature observations for decades through citizen science initiatives, providing large data sets as well as problem identification that allow a more complete understanding of many natural phenomena. Although communication is a core component in citizen science, the key factors that determine its effectiveness in ...
Kristiina Gibson   +18 more
wiley   +1 more source

Darwinism in International Relations: Nazism and Social Darwinism

open access: yes, 2019
19. yüzyıl, yaşanılan gelişmeler ile insanlık tarihi açısından oldukça önemli bir dönemdir. Bu dönemde yaşanan tarihi, sosyal ve bilimsel gelişmeler tüm dünyayı oldukça etkilemiştir. M.Ö.
Şahin, Sena, Yılmaz, Gözde
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Challenging the prokaryotic MGE‐defense origin of eukaryotic RNA editing

open access: yes
mLife, EarlyView.
Yuange Duan   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Speciation with gene flow

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Biodiversity is threatened by human activities, with extinction debt accumulating rapidly. Many of these activities change the connectivity of populations, fragmenting existing population systems or bringing previously isolated populations or species into contact.
Zhiqin Long   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

From traditional knowledge to market: A pathway for ethical commercialisation of Indigenous food products

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Global legal frameworks seek to ensure that benefits arising from the use of biological resources are shared fairly, yet their practical application—particularly where plant materials and Indigenous knowledge are involved—remains challenging. This article presents a case study modelling a pathway for ethical research and commercialisation of Indigenous
Jessica Cartwright   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Open letter: The need for a site‐based biodiversity standard measuring and certifying impacts from nature‐based projects

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Despite growing investment in restoration, weak accountability and poor biodiversity monitoring mean many projects fail to achieve ecological recovery. The Global Biodiversity Standard (TGBS) offers a practical way to ensure that restoration finance delivers measurable gains for nature.
David Bartholomew   +254 more
wiley   +1 more source

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