Juan I. Jorquera, Ph.D.
@jijorquera.bsky.social
Biochemist and Molecular Biologist Author of "From so Simple a Beginning. An Evolutionary Little Big History of Us" and "Hospital 18".
Blog: https://jijorquera.wixsite.com/onscienceandsociety
https://www.linkedin.com/in/juan-i-jorquera/
Blog: https://jijorquera.wixsite.com/onscienceandsociety
https://www.linkedin.com/in/juan-i-jorquera/
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FROM SO SIMPLE A BEGINNING. AN EVOLUTIONARY LITTLE BIG HISTORY OF US (ENGLISH EDITION).
The new and expanded English edition of my eBook is now available on Amazon.This is the first English edition (second global edition) of a book originally published in Spanish in 2021. The content has...
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It took some time, but the new and expanded English edition of "From so Simple a Beginning. An Evolutionary Little Big History of Us" is available in Amazon. You can take a look at the content following the link in the cover image below. jijorquera.wixsite.com/onscienceand...
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Certainly, otherworldly ecosystems… In case you missed my series of posts about potential alien life on my website, jijorquera.wixsite.com/onscienceand...
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Chinese researchers reveal unexplored section of mysterious Arctic Ocean ridge
Oceanographers hope to find otherworldly ecosystems at hydrothermal vents on the sea floor.
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November 20, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Certainly, otherworldly ecosystems… In case you missed my series of posts about potential alien life on my website, jijorquera.wixsite.com/onscienceand...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The Trump administration is not expected to send any high-level representatives to the COP 30 meeting starting in Brazil, and many say that’s for the best.
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November 5, 2025 at 12:10 PM
The Trump administration is not expected to send any high-level representatives to the COP 30 meeting starting in Brazil, and many say that’s for the best.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The attached images, originals by Ramón Puyol from 1936, at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War, drew my attention. They reflect in a funny way two extremes in reaction to the conflict: the pessimist and the optimist.
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Juan I. Jorquera. (@juanjorquera)
In my last visit to the National Catalonian Museum of Art I went through the Modern Art section. A very enjoyable experience. There is a section about paintings and drawings related to the Spanish Civ...
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November 3, 2025 at 11:19 AM
The attached images, originals by Ramón Puyol from 1936, at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War, drew my attention. They reflect in a funny way two extremes in reaction to the conflict: the pessimist and the optimist.
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Updated post about how Life could be in other planets.
Aliens: Life in Other Worlds
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Aliens: Life in Other Worlds
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Aliens: Life in Other Worlds
From the series “Where do we come from?” in the “On Science and Society” website
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November 2, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Updated post about how Life could be in other planets.
Aliens: Life in Other Worlds
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Aliens: Life in Other Worlds
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An updated post about the beginning of the universe
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Where do we come from? Universe (II): From Particles to Galaxies
From the series “Where do we come from?” in the “On Science and Society” website
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October 31, 2025 at 7:12 AM
An updated post about the beginning of the universe
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Where do we come from? Universe: The Beginning
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Where do we come from? Universe: The Beginning
From the series “Where do we come from?” in the “On Science and Society” website
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October 27, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Where do we come from? Universe: The Beginning
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If some universities, as institutions, fail the society, their professors and students should act and shame their managers.
Higher education fails at collective action | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Higher education fails at collective action | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Higher education fails at collective action
In the latest development in the ongoing combat between universities in the United States and the Trump administration, the Department of Education has presented them with what it calls a “compact.” I...
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October 24, 2025 at 10:12 AM
If some universities, as institutions, fail the society, their professors and students should act and shame their managers.
Higher education fails at collective action | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Higher education fails at collective action | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Gran exposición sobre caricaturas contra Hitler y el nazismo en el Museo Nacional de Arte de Cataluña en Barcelona, hechas por Mario Armengol. En un futuro cercano, espero, visitaremos exposiciones de caricaturas contra la ola de imitadores actuales.
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October 20, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Gran exposición sobre caricaturas contra Hitler y el nazismo en el Museo Nacional de Arte de Cataluña en Barcelona, hechas por Mario Armengol. En un futuro cercano, espero, visitaremos exposiciones de caricaturas contra la ola de imitadores actuales.
www.museunacional.cat/en/ink-again...
www.museunacional.cat/en/ink-again...
Remarkably interesting exposition on cartoons against Hitler and Nazism at the National Art Museum of Catalonia in Barcelona. In the - near, I hope- future we will visit expositions of cartoons against the current wave of present-day imitators.
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October 20, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Remarkably interesting exposition on cartoons against Hitler and Nazism at the National Art Museum of Catalonia in Barcelona. In the - near, I hope- future we will visit expositions of cartoons against the current wave of present-day imitators.
www.museunacional.cat/en/ink-again...
www.museunacional.cat/en/ink-again...
Our World in Data keeps doing an amazing job to keep us well informed:
Foreign aid from the United States saved millions of lives each year.
For decades, these aid programs received bipartisan support and made a difference. Cutting them will cost lives.
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Foreign aid from the United States saved millions of lives each year.
For decades, these aid programs received bipartisan support and made a difference. Cutting them will cost lives.
ourworldindata.org/us-foreign-a...
October 17, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Our World in Data keeps doing an amazing job to keep us well informed:
Foreign aid from the United States saved millions of lives each year.
For decades, these aid programs received bipartisan support and made a difference. Cutting them will cost lives.
ourworldindata.org/us-foreign-a...
Foreign aid from the United States saved millions of lives each year.
For decades, these aid programs received bipartisan support and made a difference. Cutting them will cost lives.
ourworldindata.org/us-foreign-a...
Trojan gold: New US “standard” is another veiled attack on science | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Trojan gold: New US “standard” is another veiled attack on science
Transparency, reproducibility, and acknowledging uncertainty are meritorious attributes of science that differentiate it from other human endeavors, such as politics. But they can also be subverted. I...
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October 17, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Trojan gold: New US “standard” is another veiled attack on science | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Oh my God! Unbelievable! The Press appears to report data on causes of death from a parallel universe… Nothing to do with reality...
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Does the news reflect what we die from?
What do Americans die from, and what do the New York Times, Washington Post, and Fox News report on?
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October 17, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Oh my God! Unbelievable! The Press appears to report data on causes of death from a parallel universe… Nothing to do with reality...
ourworldindata.org/does-the-new...
ourworldindata.org/does-the-new...
Vaccines, probably the best invention of humanity.
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Heterologous two-dose Ebola vaccine regimen in pregnant women in Rwanda: a randomized controlled phase 3 trial - Nature Medicine
In this phase 3 trial, a two-dose Ebola vaccine regimen in healthy pregnant women in Rwanda was found to be safe and immunogenic in women and offspring through passive transfer.
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October 15, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Vaccines, probably the best invention of humanity.
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No Peace Noble Prize... And Nobel Prize to the economic impact of science and technology as drivers of progress and economic growth... Somebody may be thinking of invading Sweden...
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Three Share Nobel in Economics for Work on How Technology Drives Growth
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October 14, 2025 at 2:45 PM
No Peace Noble Prize... And Nobel Prize to the economic impact of science and technology as drivers of progress and economic growth... Somebody may be thinking of invading Sweden...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/b...
A great article by Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Prize on Economics.
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The EU Must Stand Up to Trump
Joseph E. Stiglitz sees no good reason for an economic powerhouse to capitulate to a capricious would-be tyrant.
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October 10, 2025 at 11:46 AM
A great article by Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Prize on Economics.
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www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/e...
The oath of any health care provider: Primum non nocere (First, do no harm.)
From the Washington Post:
Six surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr.
We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
From the Washington Post:
Six surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr.
We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Six surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr.
We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 9, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The oath of any health care provider: Primum non nocere (First, do no harm.)
From the Washington Post:
Six surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr.
We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
From the Washington Post:
Six surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr.
We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
More good ne2s, thanks to science, good research, and competent public health regulators
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First approved drug for mitochondrial disease could pave way for more treatments
Researchers are testing multiple treatments for the rare genetic conditions
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October 9, 2025 at 10:49 AM
More good ne2s, thanks to science, good research, and competent public health regulators
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The Making or Breaking of Democracy by Joseph E. Stiglitz @projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/kcSU69N
The Making or Breaking of Democracy
Joseph E. Stiglitz touts a new international effort to counter democratic erosion and defend basic rights.
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October 3, 2025 at 3:46 PM
The Making or Breaking of Democracy by Joseph E. Stiglitz @projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/kcSU69N
Joseph E. Stiglitz, Premio Nobel de Economía: "Una persona que está muriéndose de hambre no tiene libertad" www.eldiario.es/1_c0dd22?utm...
Joseph E. Stiglitz, Premio Nobel de Economía: "Una persona que está muriéndose de hambre no tiene libertad"
"Los aranceles son un desastre, pero lo más decepcionante es la capitulación de Europa", denuncia el economista estadounidense en el discurso de investidura como Doctor Honoris Causa de la UIMP
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September 29, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Joseph E. Stiglitz, Premio Nobel de Economía: "Una persona que está muriéndose de hambre no tiene libertad" www.eldiario.es/1_c0dd22?utm...
OPINIÓN | Conflicto generacional, un debate tramposo, www.eldiario.es/129_c09b40?u...
Conflicto generacional, un debate tramposo
El argumento de que el gasto en pensiones va en detrimento de otras necesidades parte de la tramposa premisa de que la riqueza no puede crecer y no se puede distribuir más equitativamente vía un merca...
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September 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM
OPINIÓN | Conflicto generacional, un debate tramposo, www.eldiario.es/129_c09b40?u...
School meals represent an enormous opportunity to move beyond incremental progress toward transformational change.
What a Mission-Oriented Approach to School Meals Could Do by Mariana Mazzucato @projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/uTIibUs
What a Mission-Oriented Approach to School Meals Could Do by Mariana Mazzucato @projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/uTIibUs
What a Mission-Oriented Approach to School Meals Could Do
Mariana Mazzucato explains how such programs can be used to shape broader markets and value chains in the public interest.
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September 23, 2025 at 3:05 PM
School meals represent an enormous opportunity to move beyond incremental progress toward transformational change.
What a Mission-Oriented Approach to School Meals Could Do by Mariana Mazzucato @projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/uTIibUs
What a Mission-Oriented Approach to School Meals Could Do by Mariana Mazzucato @projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/uTIibUs
In fact, the conclusions of the study are much stronger than NYT's headline: The fact that greenhouse gases harm human health is “beyond scientific dispute”, reads a report from one of the leading scientific bodies in the United States.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/c...
Top Scientists Find Growing Evidence That Greenhouse Gases Are, in Fact, a Danger
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September 19, 2025 at 10:25 AM
In fact, the conclusions of the study are much stronger than NYT's headline: The fact that greenhouse gases harm human health is “beyond scientific dispute”, reads a report from one of the leading scientific bodies in the United States.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/c...
This study predicts that over 70% of tropical western Atlantic reefs will suffer erosion by 2040, but that if warming exceeds 2 °C (SSP2–4.5 and higher), nearly all reefs (at least 99%) will be eroding by 2100, increasing the risk of flooding, and modifying ecosystems.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Reduced Atlantic reef growth past 2 °C warming amplifies sea-level impacts - Nature
An analysis of coral reefs in the tropical western Atlantic suggests that nearly all will be eroding by 2100 if global warming exceeds 2 °C, which will worsen the effects of sea-level rise.
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September 18, 2025 at 9:41 AM
This study predicts that over 70% of tropical western Atlantic reefs will suffer erosion by 2040, but that if warming exceeds 2 °C (SSP2–4.5 and higher), nearly all reefs (at least 99%) will be eroding by 2100, increasing the risk of flooding, and modifying ecosystems.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
