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2025-12-11 @ 17.25.51 ∈ In English
Personal risk tolerance has sweeping implications for how societies evolve
[When] wealth buffers are low and the stakes are high, that increases the degree to which risk tolerance is passed down from one generation to the next, so a distaste for risk—and therefore change—is likely to persist long-term.
2025-12-10 @ 10.29.00 ∈ In English
2025-12-04 @ 18.34.29 ∈ In English
Unbee-lievable: Botswana elephants not easily fooled as scientists seek solution to human-elephant conflict
So why did Botswana's elephants react differently from those in countries where bee-based deterrents work? The answer may lie not with the elephants, but with the bees. […] Low bee numbers likely mean fewer elephants have had painful encounters with swarms, so have less reason to fear them.
