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/
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...
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...
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...
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.
www.museunacional.cat/en/ink-again...
www.museunacional.cat/en/ink-again...
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.
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...
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...
A very interesting article on democracies versus autocracies.
www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...
www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...
July 17, 2025 at 9:01 AM
A very interesting article on democracies versus autocracies.
www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...
www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...
Europe can provide a little help for our friends in the US, but only US citizens can fully stop (and perhaps undo a part of) the damage.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
July 3, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Europe can provide a little help for our friends in the US, but only US citizens can fully stop (and perhaps undo a part of) the damage.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
If we can afford better and cheaper care in many countries in Europe with lower GDP than the US, why can't US fix it?
"Relative to other similarly wealthy nations, the United States has the shortest life expectancy despite spending the most on health care."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
"Relative to other similarly wealthy nations, the United States has the shortest life expectancy despite spending the most on health care."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
July 2, 2025 at 10:34 AM
If we can afford better and cheaper care in many countries in Europe with lower GDP than the US, why can't US fix it?
"Relative to other similarly wealthy nations, the United States has the shortest life expectancy despite spending the most on health care."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
"Relative to other similarly wealthy nations, the United States has the shortest life expectancy despite spending the most on health care."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Depressing information coming from "The Inner Level" by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett:
The prevalence of depression is inversely related to the level of inequality in the US and everywhere.
The prevalence of depression is inversely related to the level of inequality in the US and everywhere.
June 24, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Depressing information coming from "The Inner Level" by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett:
The prevalence of depression is inversely related to the level of inequality in the US and everywhere.
The prevalence of depression is inversely related to the level of inequality in the US and everywhere.
Este deprimente información, extraída del libro "The Inner Level" de Richard Wilkinson y Kate Pickett, era de esperar:
La prevalencia de la depresión esta inversamente relacionada con los ingresos.
La prevalencia de la depresión esta inversamente relacionada con los ingresos.
June 22, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Este deprimente información, extraída del libro "The Inner Level" de Richard Wilkinson y Kate Pickett, era de esperar:
La prevalencia de la depresión esta inversamente relacionada con los ingresos.
La prevalencia de la depresión esta inversamente relacionada con los ingresos.
One could expect that depressing information coming from "The Inner Level" by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett:
The prevalence of depression is inversely correlated with household income.
The prevalence of depression is inversely correlated with household income.
June 22, 2025 at 9:13 AM
One could expect that depressing information coming from "The Inner Level" by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett:
The prevalence of depression is inversely correlated with household income.
The prevalence of depression is inversely correlated with household income.
Amazing information from "The Inner Level" by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett:
The prevalence of mental illness is higher in more unequal rich countries.
The prevalence of mental illness is higher in more unequal rich countries.
June 19, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Amazing information from "The Inner Level" by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett:
The prevalence of mental illness is higher in more unequal rich countries.
The prevalence of mental illness is higher in more unequal rich countries.
Fountain of the apothecary, Royal Palace's Garden, Aranjuez, Madrid, Spain.
June 15, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Fountain of the apothecary, Royal Palace's Garden, Aranjuez, Madrid, Spain.
Fountain of Apolo, Royal Palace's Garden, Aranjuez, Madrid, Spain.
June 15, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Fountain of Apolo, Royal Palace's Garden, Aranjuez, Madrid, Spain.
Narcissus TACO fountain, Aranjuez, Spain.
June 14, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Narcissus TACO fountain, Aranjuez, Spain.
Chinese Garden, Aranjuez, Spain.
June 14, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Chinese Garden, Aranjuez, Spain.
Royal Palace, Aranjuez, Spain.
June 14, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Royal Palace, Aranjuez, Spain.
TACO from Mérida, Extremadura, Spain.
June 10, 2025 at 12:34 PM
TACO from Mérida, Extremadura, Spain.
Nueva Zelanda, país poco poblado, tiene alrededor de 4,5 millones de habitantes y cincuenta millones de ovejas. En las antípodas, Lorca, en España, tiene unos 96.000 habitantes y un millón de cerdos. En la imagen, foto de Tacos Mejicanos.
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June 7, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Nueva Zelanda, país poco poblado, tiene alrededor de 4,5 millones de habitantes y cincuenta millones de ovejas. En las antípodas, Lorca, en España, tiene unos 96.000 habitantes y un millón de cerdos. En la imagen, foto de Tacos Mejicanos.
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#onscienceandsociety
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#onscienceandsociety
New Zealand, a scarcely populated country, has about 4.5 million people and fifty million sheep. In the antipodes, Lorca, in Spain, has about 96,000 inhabitants and one million pigs. In the image, picture of TACO.
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June 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM
New Zealand, a scarcely populated country, has about 4.5 million people and fifty million sheep. In the antipodes, Lorca, in Spain, has about 96,000 inhabitants and one million pigs. In the image, picture of TACO.
jijorquera.wixsite.com/onscienceand...
#onscienceandsociety
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#onscienceandsociety
A propósito del supuesto "infierno fiscal español":
May 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM
A propósito del supuesto "infierno fiscal español":
Niñas y niños que sufrirán olas de calor extremo, en función del año de nacimiento y el aumento de temperatura global promedio.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
May 9, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Niñas y niños que sufrirán olas de calor extremo, en función del año de nacimiento y el aumento de temperatura global promedio.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Children facing extreme heat according to the year of birth.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
May 9, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Children facing extreme heat according to the year of birth.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
"La única función de la predicción económica es hacer que la astrología parezca respetable". John Kenneth Galbraith.
May 5, 2025 at 3:17 PM
"La única función de la predicción económica es hacer que la astrología parezca respetable". John Kenneth Galbraith.
"The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable." John Kenneth Galbraith.
May 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM
"The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable." John Kenneth Galbraith.