James Brody
November 26th, 2008, 12:35 PM
Cooperation and uniformity grow in the face of invasions, plagues, and geological disaster. (See Csermely, 2006, 75-76) Bacteria, faced by a new toxin, do it by dropping their membranes and swapping DNA; swarms to New Yorkers drove to New Orleans and helped its denizens put it back as it was, and worriers fret about the next big meteor...
JimB
"Experts call for global network to prevent asteroid disasters
Nov 25 04:23 PM US/Eastern
"Between 500 and 1,000 massive asteroids cross the Earth's path regularly and any one of them could cause a global catastrophe, space experts warned Tuesday, urging quick preventive measures.
Some 6,000 cosmic objects circulating around the planet are currently known to experts in the field, the Association of Space Explorers (ASE) told a press conference at the UN headquarters in Vienna, where it presented its report 'Asteroid Threats: A Call for Global Response.'"
More at http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=081125202309.3nc9oytq&show_article=1
References
Csermely, Peter (2006) Weak Links: Stabilizers of Complex Systems from Proteins to Social Networks. NY: Springer. See also Brody, JF (2008) Rebellion: Physics to Personal Will. Lincoln, NE: iUniverse.
JimB
"Experts call for global network to prevent asteroid disasters
Nov 25 04:23 PM US/Eastern
"Between 500 and 1,000 massive asteroids cross the Earth's path regularly and any one of them could cause a global catastrophe, space experts warned Tuesday, urging quick preventive measures.
Some 6,000 cosmic objects circulating around the planet are currently known to experts in the field, the Association of Space Explorers (ASE) told a press conference at the UN headquarters in Vienna, where it presented its report 'Asteroid Threats: A Call for Global Response.'"
More at http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=081125202309.3nc9oytq&show_article=1
References
Csermely, Peter (2006) Weak Links: Stabilizers of Complex Systems from Proteins to Social Networks. NY: Springer. See also Brody, JF (2008) Rebellion: Physics to Personal Will. Lincoln, NE: iUniverse.