Law of the Locusts: What Insect Swarms Teach Us about Cannibalism, Aging, and Human Obesity (2013)

Date and Time

June 18, 2013
07:00PM - 07:00PM EDT

Lecture by Steve Simpson

Locust swarms can be one of the most destructive plagues to mankind, but they also offer important new insights into the causes of human obesity, the aging process, and the complexities of crowd behavior. Australian biologist Steve Simpson (University of Sydney) took us on a strange journey from insect swarms to human health.