Symbiosis Is Driven By Simple Self-Interest, Not Rewards Or Punishment, According To Economic Theory
Applying employment contract theory to symbiosis, a new paper suggests mutually beneficial relationships are maintained by simple self-interest, with partners benefiting from healthy hosts much as employees benefit from robust employers. The new work discounts the theory that host species have evolved to promote symbiosis by promising rewards or threatening punishment. Economists and biologists from Harvard University, the University of Toronto, and the University of East Anglia present the work in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Great North Swim postponed for safety reasons
The Great North Swim at Windermere, which was due to take place this weekend â the 4th and 5th September â has been postponed. (Source: Christie Appeals)
