Altruism Wins Out

Fri, 8 Feb 2013 08:50:00 -0500

A Very Altruistic Christmas, winner of the USC Science Film Competition. Photo by Kevin Frates." title="The altruistic behavior of bees — social insects completely devoted to the queen and willing to surrender their lives to defend their hive in the face of predators, thereby allowing their species to become the most successful pollinators on the planet — was cited in the short movie A Very Altruistic Christmas, winner of the USC Science Film Competition. Photo by Kevin Frates." /> Bees working together demonstrate biological altruism — a major point in the annual USC Science Film Competition’s top winning work led by USC Dornsife junior Evan McGahey and USC School of Cinematic Arts senior Evan Iwata.

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Altruism Wins Out