Life's a game
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Edward Castronova, an economist at Indiana University in Bloomington and an expert on multiplayer online games has an ambitious vision to create societies with the intention of experimenting on them. The societies would exist only inside computers with real people living some of their lives through characters (avatars) in these virtual worlds and he and other researchers want to fine-tune the rules of those worlds so they could study everything from democracy to monetary policy.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2007
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Ecology is key to effective aid, UN told
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The key to tackle poverty is allowing local communities to manage natural resources in the idea of linking aid with environmental problems. Development experts propose a scientific approach on how aid money should be efficiently spent.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2005
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