The Internet is emerging as an open source community where researchers and scholars can not only publish and receive peer review, but can also offer full courses accessible to all at no cost. The walls of the university, a cloistered Ivory Tower, has been breached with the same alacrity that the Bible was made accessible to the larger public by the invention of movable type. Additionally, the Socratic dictum of the wisdom of the Agora changes now moves the intellectual authority into the commons bringing forth a unique knowledge age.

The novel technology proved highly sensitive in detecting the organism response to extre-mely weak environmental factors (e.g. EMF). The approach makes it possible to in vivo monitor intercellular communications and may be used for a number of topical bio-medical problems (early cancer diagnosis).

Debates over globalization are but the surface-level collisions of the deeper tectonic plate-like cultural fault lines that remain hidden from view. The failure to both understand and deal with these evolutionary core value systems result in needless clashes over worldviews, constant threats of "us" vs. "them" or class-based violence, and expensive, politicized solutions that are both inappropriate and ineffectual. The WTO debates and conflicts in Seattle exposed these fault-lines. But where are the integral, cohesive principles and processes that can bridge over the great, global divides? Who can untie the global knot? How can the positive elements within both capitalistic thinking and socialistic goals be meshed for the common good? Consider the Twelve Postulates, an integral initiative based on an understanding of the complex dynamics that forge and transform human cultures, communities, and countries. already sent

Human Evolution is a contentious topic. Understanding the human evolutionary past is complex enough; Predicting the future of human evolution is impossible. However, we can reconstruct events that led to the evolution of characteristics that have contributed to our success, and may hasten our extinction.

A few months after the dropping of the first atom bomb in 1945, Albert Einstein observed: 'I believe that the horrifying deterioration in the ethical conduct of people today stems primarily from the mechanization and dehumanization of our lives - a disastrous by-product of the development of the scientific and technical mentality. I do not see any way to tackle this disastrous short-coming' (Albert Einstein: The Human Side, (eds) Helen Dukas and B. Hofmann, Princeton University Press, N. J. 1979, p. 82). Einstein was thus emphasing the fact the scientific and technical mind-set or attitude alone, though it is enormously productive, does not and cannot lead to a value-based ethical, harmonius life. About a decade later, Betrand Russell and Einstein, in their Manifesto (July, 1955), exhorted: 'We appeal as human beings to human beings. Remember our humanity, and forget the rest. If you can do so, the way is open to a new Paradise; if you cannot, there lies before you the risk of universal death'. It needs to be recognized that human progress or what is labeled as 'development' is a two-in-one concept; namely, one, the harnessing of natural resources for elevating the material life; and the other, the refinement of man into an enlightened human being. Human refinement has two dimensions: on the practical plane, it is the fostering of values of life ; at the attitudinal level, it is inseparable from humanism that envisages the mankind as a whole. It may appear that religions have in a way divided mankind. But it is important to recognize that all religions uphold and propagate not only the consonance of microcosom and macrocosm or the human-divine interrelationship but also the life nurturing values- love, compassion, non-violence, non-possession and the like - values that engender harmony for living together. Science, which, through its multi-level applications, has been enriching our material life ; Religious attitude with its emphasis on the values of life ; and Humanism that knows no barriers of regions, race, colour or creed, would together constitute an irresistible tripod that could resolutely sustain and elevate our civilization. Each by itself is inadequate ; each needs the other for human progress ; and the trinity would be a bulwark against any type of destructive potential that might undermine human civilization. Reflecting upon the present global scenario of amazing achievements of science and technology as well as the emerging human predicaments of diverse nature, the paper brings into focus the complementarity of science, religion and humanism for a sustainable civilization.

Cancer research has led to tremendous advances in life science, and we are currently seeing important developments in therapy. Still, the overall incidence of cancer continues to increase, and a final solution to the problem seems more distant than ever. So is it possible that we are running towards the end of the rainbow, trying to solve the unsolvable? Based on a new model of cancer development, I will argue that cancer research needs a fundamental change of perspective. The model links genetic instability and cancer development to the principles of molecular evolution, and cancer appears as a logical and inevitable cost of our multicellular composition. The solution to cancer may therefore be very different from the magic cure we are striving for. (Review of model: Semin. Cancer Biol. 2005;15:51-60 ).

The preservation of Life and Civilization on our planet is investigated in detail. Two proposals have been done in essence. It is shown that for the unity of stability and mutability a many poles world system is necessary. This system will be more effective than present one. The importance of the creation of a center for the study of the Future is also noted. This center must support an ineffective activity of Unated Nation Organization in some questions.

Persuasive evidence indicates that Earth is now experiencing a major biotic crisis that may disrupt basic evolutionary processes. The effect of humankind altering basic evolutionary processes is uncertain because the understanding of these processes is not robust.

Nutrition is fundamental to human health and survival. The immune system is a critical intermediate proxy for relationship between nutrition and health, including infections, atherosclerosis, cancer, Alzheimer's disease, and eye problems.

The origin and evolution of life are ruled by chemical determinism and a frequently optimizing process of natural selection. As a result, there is more necessity and less chance than is often stated.

Although there is still a huge amount still to discover about how aging happens, its accumulating consequences - mutations, undigested aggregates, etc. -- are quite thoroughly known. Foreseeable technologies to repair or obviate all these types of damage are now foreseeable. Though these remedies will only be developed and improved incrementally, the rate of improvement should be enough so that most people who benefit from the first reasonably comprehensive therapies -- ones that confer a few decades of extra healthy life when begun in mddle age -- will probably never need to die of old age at any age, and will thus potentially have four-digit lifespans. I will explain the science underlying this remarkable conclusion.

It is traditional to discuss about extraterrestrial intelligence in terms of the celebrated drake equation, with its estimates of habitable planetary systems, origins of life, evolution of technology, and so on. Although several factors are highly speculative, a subset of them, describing the number of habitable planets can be now stated more precisely with the help of new results from investigations in extrasolar planetary systems. Probabilistic estimations of the first factors provide about 40 millions habitable planets in the present Milky Way. A second approach is based on an integrated Earth system analysis. Combining the formation rate of Earth-like planets with estimations of extrasolar habitable zones gives the number of habitable planets in the Milky Way over cosmological time scales. There was a maximum number of habitable planets around the time of Earths origin. If at all, interstellar panspermia was most probable at that time and may have kick-started life on our planet.

Creative processes (CP) are driving and directing forces of living, "lifeless" (inanimate) and intellectual matter evolution. They ensure all the stages of matter organization, evolution, complication, degradation, "purposefulness", "fine tuning". CP Paradigm allowed to create hypotheses and models of: sporadically repeating big bangs forming met-galaxies' groups with different forms and compositions of substance and vacuum, laws and constants; origin and development of life forms in the universe, their intellect, interactions by the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd signal systems; individual and group mentality, sub- and consciousness, relations between States and civilizations, information society. Artificial CP creates systems capable of self-improvement and cognition equivalent to natural intellectual systems.

Marine biota provide humankind with oxygen (almost half the global oxygen turnover), food and recreation. The biotas are measured by means of biodiversity indexes. Homo modernicus, characterized by its high technological abilities, endless demand for marine bio-products and little concern for the environment, affect marine biodiversity in many direct and indirect ways. The most destructive activities are: 1. Over-fishing. 2. Destruction of marine habitats by chemicals and by mechanical means such as trawls, construction, etc. 3. Global warming, which affects marine biota in many ways. 4. Invasion of marine biota. Can advanced civilization preserve marine biodiversity and make sustainable use of marine biotic resources? Establishment of large protected marine areas, professional management of international and national fishery industry, and increase in public awareness can slow down the negative changes in marine biodiversity. However, at the present stage, preservation of the current marine biodiversity appears to be mission impossible.

Influencing the future of mankind and of our society for the better, supporting sustainable development and realizing ambitious plans for the benefit of humanity. But how? In this paper we will differentiate two distinct approaches: (I) immediate action/projects - most NGOs follow this avenue and (II) long-term growth within an evolvable and improvable organization to accumulate both financial resources and methodical, scientific and procedural knowledge to support the goals. We explain how the initiative `Future25' tries to develop a foundation whose goal is to maintain a platform for the second approach. The long-term perspective requires special organizational prerequisites to support a stable structure and by that the desired long-term growth. The direct member participation results as a possibility in contrast to most foundations that are governed by a small group of people. This foundation will be heavily based on the utilization of the Internet to realize what we will introduce as maximum participation. We show how current sociological research prompts for concepts such as monitoring and evaluation to support the stability of the organization and facilitate new developments and changes within the foundation. We discuss organisational, sociological, legal, technological and financial issues.

The living nature evolves on the base of inductive and evolution processes in real time. Axiomatic and deductive mathematics can not adequate describes these processes. The learning procedures based on Bayesian formula optimally process the information contained in the learning sample. Human genome contains inductive procedures which control genes and modify them. We have obtained new results in analyzing DNA and protein sequence by using Markovian chain.

I first review the status of the global HIV/AIDS pandemic, what is being done to mitigate it, and where it is headed. The spread of HIV/AIDS raises a much deeper and more fundamental problem -- the very future of the poor, illiterate, and marginalized populations. I then provide my perspective on key issues that threaten the process of the transition of the poor into the ranks of the globalized "haves" and conclude by giving a prioritized list of key interventions that can mitigate these threats and explain why we today have the resources and the understanding to accelerate the transition.

After the collapse of bipolar system in the world, different views and theories expressed by the scholares and thinkers about the future of the world and international system. One of them is the theory of "The clash of civilizations " which expressed by the Samuel Huntington in 1993. This theory caused some anxieties in the world. In reaction to this theory Mohammad Khatami President of the Islamic Republic of Iran proposed the way of "Dialogue among Civilizations" which accepted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 3 September 1998, and nominated the year 2001 as "the year of Dialogue among Civilizations". This paper while the study of both menthioned theories, refers to the role of doalogue approach in creation of peaceful relations between nations and states. Keywords: Dialogue , Civilization, Clash of Civilizations, Dialogue among Civilizations, International Relations.

Technology shapes modern society at a scale unknown to our ancestors. During the last decades many observers noticed that improvements in technological capabilities seem to occur at an increasing rate. The emerging applications of nanoscience, biotechnology, information technology and cognitive science ("NBIC") are prominent examples - the NBIC-convergence an universally accepted fact. Progress especially in the field of life sciences, biophysics, and biology itself promise even more accelerated change/progress than the one shaped by IT so far. We show examples of this observations, discuss the modeling and simulation of those developments and discuss the effects in terms of technology and economics that prompt for more interdisciplinary research in this direction.

Man can live in the sea? The history of the oceanic space use is longer than the history of the space use. Ocean space utilization is the one of our great challenge. In this talk, author will review history of ocean space utilization technology and introduce example of structure, energy and food supply from the ocean. Then, finally, we discuss the possibility of the ocean settlement in the future.

Mathematics and spirituality are two main disciplines which help man to answer and respond to the mysteries of the universe. The successful completion of the genome projects,the brilliant breakthrouhs in neurobiology research,information theory, biotechnology and the revolutions made by chaos theory strike at the roots of many fundamental questions that have occupied human thought for centuries.Mathematical models developed for the study and exploration of nonlinear phenomena and studies in the theory of chaos have contributed a major paradigmatic shift in physical sciences. Eminent scientists like Galileo, Kepler, Newton, Einstein, Hawking, Wolfrang, etc had developed many mathematical models to describe the complexities of the universe. All these advances in science via mathematics led to the revelation of the mysteries of the universe to some extent. However these models are not fully successful in explaining the complex realities of the universe. Another direction of advancement was based on the various religious and spiritual philosophies and models proposed by many thinkers. The talk will focus on various mathematical models developed by scholars in the past and present.A discussion on true spirituality and the Indian way of life based on the principle 'unity in diversity' will be made. The limitations of scientific theories and religious philosophies will be pointed out. The need for evolving a true scientific and true spirituality culture will be stressed. It is suggested that a joint action by scientists and religious leaders is needed to ensure the better future of the humanity and the universe.

The recently proposed new, universal and rigorously derived concept of dynamic complexity shows that any system of interacting components, including society and civilisation, exists only as a process of highly inhomogeneous, qualitative development of its complexity. The modern state of civilisation corresponds to the end of unfolding of a big enough level of complexity. Such exhausted, totally "replete" structure cannot be sustainable in principle and shows instead increased instability, realising its inevitable replacement by a new kind of structure with either much lower (destructive way of development) or much higher (creative development) level of complexity organisation. The unrestricted sustainability can be reconstituted only after transition to a superior level of civilization complexity, which implies qualitative and unified changes in all aspects of life, including production, knowledge, social structure, and governance.

Where is energy: Everywhere in Universe - in matter (Einstein:mc²), in radiation (Planck: hv) and in vacuum (dark energy) Energy of the Earth: 1/ Inherited 4,5 billion years ago: revolution, rotation, nuclear (geothermal, deuterium). 2/ :Solar energy supplied each second 180 000 TW 3/ Used by mankind each second 13 TW altogether, mainly by burning fossil fuels. Conclusions: Why we neglect the immense solar energy gift 180 000 TW? `Ich kenne zwei Unendlichkeiten: das Weltall und die menschliche Dummheit. Aber bei dem erstem bin ich mir nicht ganz sicher' (Albert Einstein)

The research work of the research unit is directed toward the dynamics of the ocean circulation, in order to obtain a better understanding of the role of the ocean in climate change and with respect to environmental problems. The tools used are numerical models on regional, basin-wide and global scales, with which the complexity of oceanic variability can be studied on time scales from weeks to millenia and beyond. These models are developed and analyzed in close co-operation with the observational groups at IFM-GEOMAR.

Impact phenomena influenced evolution of the surfaces of the Solar System bodies. Extrapolation of results of laboratory data onto planetary scale of events provides explanation of cratering phenomena, of mass extinction events, and of impact-due break-out of the targets.

Based on the study of several long-term societal indicators we estimate the phase transition between the Technological Adolescent Age" (TAA) and the Technological Mature Age" (TMA). Assuming the Principle of Mediocrity" and using the Drake Equation we estimate a lower threshold for the number of technological civilizations in the galaxy.

Quantum Medicine (QM) and more generally Quantum Physics of the Alive is based on the definition of the Alive (in the distinction from the Dead) as a fourth level of quantum organization of Nature (after nuclear,atomic and molecular levels). Each living object is a quantum system with self-consistent potential, or more precisely with its own coherent electromagnetic field of mm-range wavelength, formed in accordance with genome. Such a long range electromagnetic field is responsible for the coordination and synchronization of all the organs and structures of an Alive organism. Such a notion is based on the theoretical considerations as well as direct experiments, which allow us both to see the effect of even a few photons of specific (resonance) frequency on the macroscopic alive object and also to measure directly the radiation in the mm-range from the human body. The human body does not only respond to the extremely low level electromagnetic radiation on the very narrow resonance frequencies - the effect of such a disturbance is strongly positive, human body can recover from many diseases (some of these can not be effectively treated by the "traditional" medicine) as confirmed by clinical material . This phenomenon is called microwave resonance therapy (MRT) (discovered in 1982 by E.A. Andreev, M.U. Belyi, S.P. Sitko) and it forms a base of Quantum Medicine. The important property of QM is that MRT principally can not cause any damage to the human body - its effect is always positive and decreasing as the body comes closer to its best shape. Although the complete physics theory for the MRT effect is not build yet, its existence shows us that the Alive object is a quantum system and makes us rethink our ideas about the evolution of Earth biosphere in general and perspectives for human Civilization in particular. For example, the power of the gene engineering might be strongly overestimated. Also the possible expansion of the human race to other planets might lead to the problems, which were not expected in the framework of "traditional" biology.

Eco-Ethics is an essential part of the scientific method. Climate change will presnt human beings with new ecological, economic and ethical challenges in which the survival of the species and its place in "the economy of nature" is at stake. The time scales for both ecological change and economic response are now well matched-- a fleeting moment in the history of human beings-- and this argues for immediate ethically appropriate action.

Both the emergence and the evolution of life on a planet is favored by the existence of suitable environmental conditions, which are in turn determined by the interplay of factors intrinsic to the planet itself and factors driven by energetic inputs originated in the interplanetary space and even in the galactic and extragalactic environments. The observation, modelling and prediction of the perturbative phenomena associated with the known variety of astrophysical sources, ranging from the central stars to GRBs, are the goal of Space Meteorology. In this framework, a review on the known phenomenology relevant to life evolution will be given by emphasizing the most advanced prediction techniques available to date and stressing the need of a significant improvement in the light of terrestrial life preservation, as the space environment seems to force the echospace conditions much more effectively than any anthropogenic factors.

At least the near future, the one within the range of long-range-planning, is less undetermined than in earlier times. Wild cards, on the other hands, have also increased their importance. But isn't future another "object" altogether?

Aristoteles presented the first global model; his model of the planetary system. It was totally wrong. Still, it ruled the world for 1800 years until Copernicus presented an observationally based solution. To leave observational reality behind and to hang on to models and model predictions seem utterly dangerous and basically unscientific. Still, we are today victims of many ruling models. The proclamation that nuclear waste can be stored in the bedrock for hundreds of thousands of years under "full safety" and "no problems" is not only against common sense, it also violates basic geological knowledge. IPCC modelling now totally roles the entire world. Still, it is based on very shaky ground including errors, falsifications and misinterpretations. Sea level, for example, is by no means in a rising mode and we can free the world from the condemnation to become flooded.

I will review our current understanding of the structure of the Sun and of its future evolution until its death in about 5 billion years

Chimpanzees are the closest human relatives. By studying them in the natural habitat and finding out similarities in morphlogy, behavior and psychology, we can know the biological background of humans which specify the limitation of future human life and social institutions.

Normal people consider volcanoes as danger for life.From other side volcanoes is source of life during the history of the Earth. Primitive forms of life have been created around undersea volcanic construction. We will find life beyond the Earth at volcano surroundings.

The most outlooks, visions and views are only scenarios out of our present time - but what is the big image and futures megatrends?

Speaking of the future of the solar system and earth from a religious point of view may seem a bit peculiar. However, as will be shown, The Qur an establishes interesting statements in this field of Astronomy that deserve to be studied in the light of recent scientific knowledge. The Quran specifies that towards the end of its life, the sun will start to swell. The consequences of this swelling are manyfold. The sky will turn red and wil look like a scarlet rose, light intensity will increase and it will not be possible to observe the stars from the surface of the Earth. The sun will get closer to the moon (that is to the earth). The latter will be destabilized, rent and will ultimately fall onto the Earth. Moreover, the orbits of the solar system planets will be modified through their dispersion. As for our planet Earth, it will witness an overheating and boiling of the seas and oceans and an expansion of waters, a disintegration of mountains, expansion of the Earth crust ... Nevertheless, our planet will survive in spite of all these cataclysms.

We show that the picture of complex adaptive sytems as networks of many nonlinearly interacting elements applies to many evolutionary processes ranging from the mergence of life out of a network of interacting biopolymers via Darwinian evolution with its ecological networks, to the emergence of higher brain functions in neural network and man made i.e evolutionary caused networks like the internet.

The presentation proposes deuterium blast power as a realizable way of overcoming future energy crisis from exhaustion of oil and natural gas which provide now ? energy demand in the world. The only technical problem here is how to contain a thermonuclear explosion whose yield 10-100 kt. In principle, it may be solved by blasting in large underground cavities we called `Blast Burning Chambers'.

The Southern African Development Community consists of 12 countries covering ca 9.3 million km2 and 195 million people live here. ca 12\% of the region is protected while clusters of conservation areas include large ($>$10 000 km$^2$) transnational Parks. Biodiversity concerns and elephants dominate conservation protocols in the region. Calls for elephant control emanate from concern for biodiversity and, beyond Parks, conflict with man. Consequently cries for elephant management are common. But conservation across southern Africa is not restricted to elephants although they, and people dominate the landscape.. Several biodiversity hotspots have been recognized where high levels of endemicity occur and where man-induced fragmentation of habitats threatens their existence.

The last century has seen tremendous development in science and technology, from splitting of the atoms, sequencing the human genome, to high technologies such as aerospace, satellite and mobile communications. The human kind has benefited from these developments, resulting in a better quality of life. However, science and technology have also created nuclaer warheads and chemical weapons that could destroy every creature on earth. We are also faced with the daunting task of feeding one-third of the world population and providing basic amenities such as housing and clean water and sanitation. Science and technology, besides knowledge creation, must have a purpose - to serve humanity.

Data from the Human Genome Programme have clearly established that the human race is unique. Attempts to identify separately Black, Caucasian, Asian is not supported by biological data but lie only on a socieconomic basis. Evolutionary medicine takes the view that many contemporary diseases are likely to result from the incompatibility between our contemporary lifestyle and dietary habits and the conditions under which the evolutionary pressure had shaped our genetic inheritance. Assuming that human race is unique, it is now possible to identify new pathophysiological pathways through this paradigm.

Continuous, reciprocal interaction between the organism and the environment is a basic feature of the life. Starting from first hours after delivery from sterile uterine environment microorganisms colonize most of the mucosal surfaces and skin. Number of autochtonous bacteria exceeds the number of cells forming the human body. Mucosal microbiota belongs to a complex of innate, natural mechanisms that safeguard resistence of organism against pathogenic microorganisms. Immune system associated with mucosal surfaces covering tha largest area of the body (200-300m²) evolved mechanisms discriminating between harmless antigens, autochtonous microorganisms and dangerous pathogens. Numerous chronic diseases may occur as a result of changes in mechanisms regulating mucosal immunity and tolerance, which leads to impaired barrier function of the mucosa and increased penetration of microbial antigens into circulation and cosequently to exaggerated and generalized immune responses. Participation of pathologically increased immunological activity to autologous microbiota and/or their components in induction of inflammatory and autoimmune processes was demonstrated. Regulation of microflora composition offers the possibility to develop new approaches in prevention and therapy.

The discovery of the present accelerated expansion of space changed everything regarding cosmology and life's ultimate prospects. Both the optimistic scenarios of an ever expanding universe (Dyson 1979) and of a collapsing universe (Tipler 1994) seem to be no longer available. The final future looks deadly dark (Krauss and Starkman 2000). However, the fate of the universe and intelligence depends crucially on the nature of the still mysterious dark energy which drives the accelerated expansion (Vaas 2004a). Depending on its equation of state, there is a confusing number of different models now, popularly called Big Rip, Big Whimper, Big Decay, Big Crunch, Big Splat, etc. (Vaas 2004b). This talk reviews and critically evaluates the options. It also argues that even if our universe is finally doomed, perhaps that doesn't matter ultimately.

Arguments are given for supporting the view that life arose on a cosmic scale and was distributed widely througout the galaxy.

Assuming our physical universe processes and registers information to determine its dynamical evolution, one can put serious constraints on the form of cosmology that our universe can bear. We discuss the impacts on evolution of life.

The efficient strategy for sustainable development has to be focused on two elements. First reduction of pollutants emission and energy and mater use (Factor 4 - von Weizsaecker). The second, which is condition sine qua non, should be the restoration of evolution established: ecological cycles of water, nutrients, and energy flow in the ecosystems. The ecohydrology concept developed in the framework of UNESCO International Hydrological Programme, hypothesized and next empirical confirmed the possibility to use hydrology to regulate biota dynamics and vice versa: use biota to regulate hydrology. The synergic integration in basin scale various ecohydrological measures based on mathematical modeling provides scientific background for enhancement of carrying capacity of the ecosystems, which in turn improve of ecosystem services and in consequences allow to create positive socioeconomic feedback between environment quality and society. The case studies from Europe, South America and Africa will be presented.