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  • A COVID cure worse than the disease?, The Harvard Gazette, September 12, 2023
  • Evolution, Cooperation, and God, Church Life Journal, October 15, 2020
  • Correcting a lack of cooperation, The Harvard Gazette, November 7, 2018
  • Same mutations underpin spread of cancer in individuals, Stanford Medicine News Center, September 6, 2018
  • Game-changing game changes, The Harvard Gazette, July 10, 2018
  • Choosing partners or rivals, The Harvard Gazette, April 27, 2018
  • Where cooperation thrives, The Harvard Gazette, March 29, 2017
  • ‘Innovative’ teaching is recognized, The Harvard Gazette, March 29, 2017
  • New Model Captures Shape and Speed of Tumor Growth for the First Time, SciTechDaily, August 31, 2015
  • A fuller picture of cancer, The Harvard Gazette, August 28, 2015
  • Playing the ‘envelope game’, The Harvard Gazette, February 19, 2015
  • Tomorrow isn’t such a long time, The Harvard Gazette, June 26, 2014
  • Rethinking the roots of altruism, The Harvard Gazette, January 10, 2014
  • New plan of attack in cancer fight, The Harvard Gazette, July 18, 2013
  • When fairness prevails, The Harvard Gazette, January 30, 2013
  • The Cooperation Instinct, Discover, October 25, 2012
  • The Cooperative Instinct, Greater Good Magazine, September 21, 2012
  • Rapid acts of kindness, The Harvard Gazette, September 20, 2012
  • Transforming cancer treatment, The Harvard Gazette, July 10, 2012
  • The positives of playing favorites, The Harvard Gazette, July 6, 2012
  • Did the Altruistic “Snuggle for Survival” Help Humans Evolve?, Answers in Genesis, 2012
  • The Unselfish Gene, Harvard Business Review, July-August 2011
  • Nice Guys Finish First, The New York Times, May 16, 2011
  • How Evolution Explains Altruism, The New York Times, April 8, 2011
  • Martin Nowak: a helping hand for evolution, The Telegraph, March 15, 2011
  • It all adds up, The Harvard Gazette, September 28, 2010
  • The ties that bind, The Harvard Gazette, August 25, 2010
  • Carrots trump sticks for fostering cooperation, National Geographic, September 03, 2009
  • Building human cooperation: Carrots work better, The Harvard Gazette, September 3, 2009
  • Using Math to Explain How Life on Earth Began, Scientific American, October 1, 2008
  • Punishment doesn’t earn rewards, The Harvard Gazette, March 20, 2008
  • Foundations of Faith?, Harvard Magazine, September-October 2007
  • In Games, an Insight Into the Rules of Evolution, The New York Times, July 31, 2007
  • Can science, religion coexist in peace?, The Harvard Gazette, March 15, 2007

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