Earth & Life Sciences Reflections

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8
Apr
2021

Martian helicopter, Martian atmosphere, Martian...

Wallace Arthur, author of The Biological Universe, examines the link between the flight of the Mars helicopter Ingenuity and the possible existence of past life on the red planet....
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28
Jan
2021

Pandemic Opportunities

There is no question that COVID-19 has brought tremendous suffering around the globe. We have lost over one million humans to the pandemic. Some who have been infected have long-lasting and devastating...
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13
Oct
2020

To solve problems we must connect systems

It’s been hard to make sense of COVID-19. At least, I have found it hard. So many deaths. So many changes to everyday life. So much political strangeness. So much uncertainty about the future. This...
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26
Aug
2020

COVID-19 and the economics of information:...

COVID-19 has confirmed some long-understood yet long-ignored truths about the economics of information, and has also highlighted deeply disturbing fractures in today’s information ecology COVID-19...
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14
Jul
2020

Will the Corona pandemic be the societal disruptor...

The Corona pandemic and the ensuing recovery packages seem poised to bring about disruptions that will define world politics over the coming decades. Ultimately, the disruptions may trigger transformations...
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5
Jun
2020

COVID-19 and Air Quality

The dramatic slowdown of the world economy in the first months of 2020 following the development of the COVID-19 epidemic has led to a significant reduction in greenhouse gas and air pollutant emissions,...
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2
Jun
2020

Pandemics and International Travel

…all these pandemics share a common factor, namely the role of international travel in spreading the contagion. The Justinian Plague (541-546 CE, with intermittent recurrences until about 750...
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