SDE: Seeing what the Senses Cannot
November 28, 2012 • 2:45PM

The challenge posed by future asteroid and comet impacts must be addressed, if we are to ensure the defense of life on our planet. Step 1: early detection! The earlier we can find a potentially threatening object, the more time we have to act. But what gives mankind, uniquely, the ability to do this? Where does the human species, alone, find the power to understand and act on the universe in a way no simply animal species can?