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Nature 407, 671 (12 October 2000) | doi:10.1038/35037802

Survival on the edge: the tube worm's strategy

John D. Rummel1

  1. NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC 20546, USA

In his otherwise excellent Millennium Essay1, Roel Snieder proposes an analogy between scientific specialists and tube worms found at deep-sea hydrothermal vents. He advocates Homo universalis, an interdisciplinary 'team-player' who can communicate effectively with colleagues from other fields.