At the outset of Steven Spielberg’s 2005 remake of H. G. Well’s science fiction classic, The War of the Worlds, Dakota Fanning’s character explains to her dad how there is no need to pull the splinter out of her finger -- “When it’s ready, my body will just push it out.” This foreshadows the means through which humanity will be saved from the invading Martians who begin obliterating the human race just a few moments after cute little Dakota’s prescient statement. ​                                Illustration: Alexander Hunter, the Washington Times, September 20, 2011 The Martians end up succumbing to biological attack launched not by the militaries of Earth, but by the Earth itself. Biological agents which are harmless to the human race because of natural immunities built up over the course of man’s existence on our planet, prove to be deadly...(Read Full Article)