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".
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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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A piece of bad news… Developed countries must help so no country, no people, is left behind in relation to progress.
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The end of progress against extreme poverty?
In the last three decades, the world has made progress against extreme poverty faster than ever before. But unless the poorest economies start growing, this period of progress against the worst form o...
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November 28, 2025 at 4:29 PM
A piece of bad news… Developed countries must help so no country, no people, is left behind in relation to progress.
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“… cutting the research funding has been simply a mechanism for politicians to lash back at the entire system of higher education …” H. Holden Thorp.
My not-so-favorite year | Science
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My not-so-favorite year | Science
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My not-so-favorite year
As 2025 comes to a close, it’s a good time to step back and assess one of the most tumultuous years in the history of American science. The second Trump administration has brought cuts to so many impo...
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November 28, 2025 at 3:55 PM
“… cutting the research funding has been simply a mechanism for politicians to lash back at the entire system of higher education …” H. Holden Thorp.
My not-so-favorite year | Science
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My not-so-favorite year | Science
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Do not miss this article by Joseph E. Stiglitz, Nobel laureate in economics.
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Trump and the End of American Hegemony
Joseph E. Stiglitz counts the ways that the US president is derailing the country's future prosperity and competitiveness.
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November 27, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Do not miss this article by Joseph E. Stiglitz, Nobel laureate in economics.
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World leaders must find the courage to end the fossil-fuel age www.nature.com/articles/d41...
World leaders must find the courage to end the fossil-fuel age
Despite the weak agreement seen at the COP30 climate conference, Brazil was right to prioritize discussing the eventual phase-out of fossil fuels. Others must now help to find a way forward.
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November 27, 2025 at 12:11 PM
World leaders must find the courage to end the fossil-fuel age www.nature.com/articles/d41...
This is good news, but not as good as it may appear. Flat or declining emissions will still increase CO₂ in the atmosphere. Before the industrial times, CO₂ was 280 ppm. Today it is 420 ppm, causing an average temperature increase that will exceed 1.5 ºC by 2100.
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Global carbon emissions will soon flatten or decline
With China’s surge in renewable energy, greenhouse gases are reaching a turning point
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November 24, 2025 at 11:39 AM
This is good news, but not as good as it may appear. Flat or declining emissions will still increase CO₂ in the atmosphere. Before the industrial times, CO₂ was 280 ppm. Today it is 420 ppm, causing an average temperature increase that will exceed 1.5 ºC by 2100.
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Chamberlain Prize indeed.
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Opinion | Trump’s Neville Chamberlain Prize
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November 23, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Chamberlain Prize indeed.
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Great news in the fight against malaria, thanks to science and research.
‘A sigh of relief’: New malaria drug succeeds in large clinical trial | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
‘A sigh of relief’: New malaria drug succeeds in large clinical trial | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
‘A sigh of relief’: New malaria drug succeeds in large clinical trial
As existing drugs falter because of resistance, the world gets a backup—but hard choices loom on how to use it
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November 21, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Great news in the fight against malaria, thanks to science and research.
‘A sigh of relief’: New malaria drug succeeds in large clinical trial | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
‘A sigh of relief’: New malaria drug succeeds in large clinical trial | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
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...
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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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substack.com/@juanjorquer...
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...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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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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.
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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.
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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...