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…proposed a global network of computers in 1962, and moved over to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in late 1962 to head the work to develop it. Leonard Kleinrock of MIT and later UCLA developed the theory of packet switching, which…

…wonder if cloning a human would even be worth it. Other risks include that cloned animals often tend to be larger, with enlarged organs and weak immune systems. Clones are at risk for many birth defects that could potentially effect the global gene pool…

…shelters life on Earth from the hazards of space and provides the global transport system that maintains the resources necessary for life. In addition to addressing their own scientific challenges, the atmospheric sciences illuminate important issues in a range…

…% causing these environmental concerns: smog, acid rain, and the apparent green house gases that will lead to global warming. This would ruin the environment, as we know it. The scientists of the world know this and much research is being done to prevent…

…suggests that when looking at globalisation one should “look beyond the self evidence of global cultural goods.” (1987: 180) What he means by this is that even though Western media (particularly American media) is ubiquitous throughout the modern world, one…

…similarity is the major flood in both stories. Each flood is global and causes the whole world to be drowned. Yet, there are differences to the floods in the stories. In “Genesis” the flood was caused by Man’s wickedness. In “Gilgamesh” the flood was caused…

…, this super mass of information has grown mostly since the industrial revolution. With the globalization of the economy there needed to be a solution to this problem, the problem of stockpiling information and being able to send it quickly and efficiently from…

…of the world’s biodiversity is in the oceans and provides an important resource for mankind. Equally much of this diversity is endangered and OGL aims to help in the global effort to preserve and study the organisms of the ocean. Initially, OGL will focus…

…that immigrants have recharged old dying industries such as shoe manufacturing, the garment manufacturing, and agriculture. These industries were failing because they were inefficient and could not complete globally. Immigrants who work for low wages have helped…

…Plate Tectonics Plate Tectonics is theory of global tectonics that has served as the master key in modern geology for understanding the structure, history, and dynamics of the earth's crust. The theory is based on the observation that the earth's…