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Bonus time? Research shows it's better to reward groups than individuals

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageRewarding individuals just creates 'mean bad chickens'.Amphipolis/Naples Museum/Flickr, CC BY-SA

Virtually everyone lives and works in a team, but there is a tension between what is good for the group and what is good for the individual. Within a group competitive individuals do better, but cooperative groups as a whole do better.

Organisations tend...

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Do you share more genes with your mother or your father?

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageTo whom is she more closely related?Shutterstock

Many of your relatives probably have an answer to the question of whether you are more your mother or your father’s child. But the correct answer to the question is not as simple as it might seem.

Genetically, you actually carry more of your mother’s genes than your father’s....

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Music of our time: let's embrace experimental music once and for all

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageAnita Hustas performing in Melbourne.Phil Bywater, CC BY-NC-ND

Uh Oh. Experimental music. Weird, challenging, complicated, ugly, silly, out of control, academic, or at best – conceptual. Is it even relevant?

Music presents a cultural complexity that is arguably unique in the arts. It is ubiquitous through a complex network that touches...

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