Extensive cooperation among unrelated individuals is unique to humans, who often sacrifice
personal benefits for the common good and work together to achieve what they are unable …

Contemporary society is facing many social dilemmas—including climate change, COVID-
19, and misinformation—characterized by a conflict between short-term self-interest and …

Societies are complex systems, which tend to polarize into subgroups of individuals with
dramatically opposite perspectives. This phenomenon is reflected—and often amplified—in …

Humans prefer relatively equal distributions of resources,,,,, yet societies have varying
degrees of economic inequality. To investigate some of the possible determinants and …

" A dazzlingly erudite synthesis of history, philosophy, anthropology, genetics, sociology,
economics, epidemiology, statistics, and more"(Frank Bruni, The New York Times), Blueprint …

Coordination in groups faces a sub-optimization problem,,,,, and theory suggests that some
randomness may help to achieve global optima,,. Here we performed experiments involving …

Background Neighbourhood walkability has been consistently associated with more
physical activities in adults. Nevertheless, evidence of a beneficial association between …

Social networks affect many aspects of life, including the spread of diseases, the diffusion of
information, the workers' productivity, and consumers' behavior. Little is known, however …

Cooperativeness is a defining feature of human nature. Theoreticians have suggested
several mechanisms to explain this ubiquitous phenomenon, including reciprocity …

Effective approaches to encouraging group cooperation are still an open challenge. Here
we apply recent advances in deep learning to structure networks of human participants …