[ Your Name ] would like to inform you about this article on Complexity Digest 2006.30 - 11.01 http://comdig.unam.mx/index.php?id_issue=2006.30#25193 Jul-24-2006 [ Your Message ] Web Cast : 6th Intl Conf on Complex Systems (ICCS) Boston, MA, 06/06/25-30, hosted by New England Complex Systems Institute and chaired by Yaneer Bar-Yam http://complexity.vub.ac.be/~comdig/06iccs/ Complexity Digest and Gather.com announce association to enhance electronic distribution of ComDig and discussion. Please Sign-up here: http://complexity.gather.com/groupInvite.jsp?ref=grp_complexity Astronomy: Near-Field Cosmology, Science Excerpts: These are exciting times for astronomy and cosmology. On the one hand, we find that the main predictions of Big Bang inflationary cosmology are confirmed by observations of distant objects. On the other hand, nearby galaxies continue to surprise and inform us. In February 2006, a group of 50 scientists convened in Aspen, Colorado, to discuss what we are learning about cosmology from detailed observations of the nearest galaxies (1). Source: Astronomy: Near-Field Cosmology[ http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/313/5785/311 ], Joss Bland-Hawthorn, P. J. E. Peebles, Science : 311-312, 06/07/21 You can discuss this article on Articles Forum http://comdig.unam.mx/topic.php?id_article=25193