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Growing international awareness of the impact of malaria, and in particular the prospect of an imminent catastrophe in Africa, is generating an unprecedented groundswell for a bold new effort in control.
Scientific knowledge is a communal belief system with a dubious grip on reality, according to a widely quoted school of sociologists. But they ignore crucial evidence that contradicts this allegation.
Measuring the imperceptible motion of tectonic plates has become possible with sub-centimetre positioning from satellite data. Such measurements show that postseismic creep can release as much energy as violent earthquakes.
