New four-legged robots designed to work together to accomplish difficult tasks
Teamwork makes the dream work.
Tag: cooperation
The origin of empathy might lie in the need to simulate other people’s thoughts
Empathy basically evolve in order to "mind read" other people.
Desert ants’ complex behavior is actually built from very simple interactions
The colonies work similarly to a brain, actually.
Seven traits are seen as moral by the whole world, study finds
It's good to be good.
Bonobo food-sharing points to evolutionary origin of human generosity
Generosity helped our species thrive -- but we are not alone in the animal kingdom.
Australian wrens recognize friends from other species and work together with them
It's the first time we've seen inter-species cooperation in birds.
Rats trade with each other and are surprisingly fair, research finds
Hey, kid! Psss, kid! Wanna buy some cheese?
Mice will pick social rules over might-makes-right, hinting at the birth of human societies and laws
The basis of any civilized society.
Wolves are better team players than dogs, study reveals, casting doubt on our view of domestication
A wild streak makes them better at cooperating, the team reports.
Bacterial communities take turns to eat when food becomes scarce
Aww, they have tiny economic agreements, ain't that cute?
Unlikely cooperation: Coyote and badger spotted hunting together
They're cute, smart, and extremely dangerous.
Chimps and Bonobos use sounds and gestures back-and-forth, mimicking human conversation
A conversation is a two-way street where cooperation is paramount, and humans aren't the only great apes that put it ...
How motivation influences cooperation: would you open the ‘envelope’?
Here's a question: what's the difference between actor Sean Penn and the charitable Mother Theresa? Bear with me for a ...
Common knowledge makes people more cooperative
Common knowledge impacts how likely we are to collaborate with one another. Image via Wiki Commons. It seems quite intuitive, ...
Humans are wired to be good in nature – cooperation outweighs selfishness
There's an age long question that even some of history's greatest free thinkers, philosophers and theologists haven't been able to ...
Humans are naturally inclined towards generosity – faster, spontaneous decisions are generous, well thought ones are selfish
Cooperation is central to human social behavior. Back in the early, dawning days of humanity, we were inferior from nearly ...
