Microsoft Research and UN scientists are embarking on a highly ambitious project: A computational model of an entire ecosystem, from the soil itself to the creatures that live on it. Such a ...

The concept of "moats" in business is relatively new, although the underlying strategy has existed for a long time. While companies have been building, or attempting to build, moats around their ...

Sea urchins climb onto kelp when their densities are so high they remove all drift kelp and then actively forage on attached, living kelp. (Credit: Steve Lonhart / NOAA MBNMS) Tipping points are the ...