Trained as a physicist, he applied simple mathematical models to complex phenomena in ecology, epidemiology and financial systems. By John Schwartz Robert May, an Australian-born scientist whose ...

Irreversible and catastrophic environmental tipping points could still be avoided, even if we exceed global emission reduction targets — provided the world is able to reverse overshoot quickly, ...

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Ever better experimental techniques allow us to perform experiments under tightly controlled conditions and can deliver gigantic amounts of data reflecting the complexity of biology. This has vastly ...