Internet bugs and real-life ones travel in similar patterns, according to a pair of professors at the University of Windsor, in Ontario.
The professors have used "network theory"—a science that studies the dissemination of computer viruses and other information on the Internet—to predict how the spiny water flea will spread through Canada’s lakes. Their forecast: Like most viruses, which attack widely-used e-mail programs and computer networks, the fleas will disperse through the lakes most traveled by fishing boats.
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