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Dr. Emily Landon on coronavirus: ‘I don’t understand why the cries from the front line are not being heard’

By Guest PostApril 21, 2020Health, Politicscoronavirus, coronavirus outbreak, cries from frontline, david axelrod, emily landon, social distancing

Assoc. Prof. Emily Landon, the University of Chicago doctor who made national headlines with her public plea for social distancing, believes the nation needs a more robust response to the coronavirus outbreak. (more…)

Ancient rocks show life could have flourished on Earth 3.2 billion years ago

By Guest PostMay 28, 2015Scienceabenteuer von alex, ancient rocks, billion years ago, comic ueber biooekonomie, coronavirus, cries from frontline, early earth, earth, emily landon, enzyme, life, molybdenum, roger buick, university of washington

A spark from a lightning bolt, interstellar dust, or a subsea volcano could have triggered the very first life on Earth.

But what happened next? Life can exist without oxygen, but without plentiful nitrogen to build genes – essential to viruses, bacteria and all other organisms – life on the early Earth would have been scarce. (more…)