Monthly Archives: December 2010

Announcing BEACON’s new Education Director, Louise Mead

Posted on December 7, 2010 by Danielle Whittaker

We are very pleased that Louise Mead is joining the BEACON team, in the role of Education Director.  Louise is an accomplished evolutionary biologist with a broad range of teaching and administrative experience; she has spent the past four years … Continue reading →

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BEACON’s Idelle Cooper featured in Current Biology

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Danielle Whittaker

The latest edition of Current Biology has a very positive and extensive overview of Idelle Cooper’s research on the adaptive significance of a color dimorphism within female “Beautiful Hawaiian damselflies.”  The overview is available here.   It contrasts Charles Darwin’s … Continue reading →

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Digital organisms evolve synchronized communication

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Danielle Whittaker

Research by BEACON’s Dave Knoester and Phil McKinley is featured in Wired.

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