And a story on what could happen if another 20th century marvel were to pack up, thats the GPS system apparently 18 outof the 28 satellites are past there use by date. oops see here

A wonderful story here on how the SARS virus was found in record time by the worldwide cooperation of laboratories. The internet is truly wonderful. How could you co-operate over 10 countries without it! We all have so much to thank the pioneers notably Tim Berners Lee