Published Date: 24 July 2008 CALM down, dear. We can all breathe a sigh of relief – despite the credit crunch and the threat of global warming, the world's top scientists have offered assurances that it's not yet the end of the world. The first ever meeting to discuss "mega-catastrophes", events that could wipe out mankind, has concluded that despite the potential threat of nuclear wars, bioterrorism or asteroids slamming into the Earth, we've never been safer. In Hollywood mo vies such as Deep Impact and The Day After Tomorrow, scientists are usually gathered in the White House or in an underground bunker to map man's final hour. By contrast, the scientists gathered at Oxford University yesterday for the first international conference on mega-catastrophes, organised by the Future of Humanity Institute, concluded that,...
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