Life Boils Down To Five 'Rules' ... Or So Says The Madingley Model
Thursday, August 21, 2014 - 18:50
in Biology & Nature
By James Smith, Research Fellow in Fisheries at UNSW AustraliaIt may sound overly simple, but just five processes can define us as animals: eating, metabolism, reproduction, dispersal and death.They might not seem like much, but, thanks to a mathematical model from scientists at Microsoft Research, we know that these five processes are the key to all ecosystems. read more