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Juan I. Jorquera, Ph.D.
@jijorquera.bsky.social
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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/
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Juan I. Jorquera, Ph.D. @jijorquera.bsky.social · Dec 11
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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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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Juan I. Jorquera, Ph.D. @jijorquera.bsky.social · 25m
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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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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Juan I. Jorquera, Ph.D. @jijorquera.bsky.social · 5h
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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Juan I. Jorquera, Ph.D. @jijorquera.bsky.social · 6d
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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Juan I. Jorquera, Ph.D. @jijorquera.bsky.social · 10d
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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Juan I. Jorquera, Ph.D. @jijorquera.bsky.social · 14d
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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Juan I. Jorquera, Ph.D. @jijorquera.bsky.social · 16d
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
Mariana Mazzucato explains how such programs can be used to shape broader markets and value chains in the public interest.
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Juan I. Jorquera, Ph.D. @jijorquera.bsky.social · 20d
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...
Top Scientists Find Growing Evidence That Greenhouse Gases Are, in Fact, a Danger
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Juan I. Jorquera, Ph.D. @jijorquera.bsky.social · 21d
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.
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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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Juan I. Jorquera, Ph.D. @jijorquera.bsky.social · 25d
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Joseph Stiglitz: «Tenemos ahora una oligarquía destruyendo las reglas del juego» | Ethic
Hablamos con el Premio Nobel de Economía Joseph Stiglitz sobre la justicia social, los contrapesos del poder y la libertad de elección.
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Juan I. Jorquera, Ph.D. @jijorquera.bsky.social · 26d
OPINIÓN | Papanatismo ideológico, por Joan Coscubiela www.eldiario.es/129_c03c09?u...
Papanatismo tecnológico
Como estamos comprobando, las plataformas de IA nunca dudan, lo que es uno de los factores, entre otros, que les aleja y mucho de la inteligencia humana
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Juan I. Jorquera, Ph.D. @jijorquera.bsky.social · 28d
...Owing to global warming since 1850–1900, the median of the heatwaves during 2000–2009 became about 20 times more likely, and about 200 times more likely during 2010–2019. Overall, one-quarter of these events were virtually impossible without climate change.
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Systematic attribution of heatwaves to the emissions of carbon majors - Nature
Climate change made 213 historical heatwaves reported over 2000–2023 more likely and more intense, to which each of the 180 carbon majors (fossil fuel and cement producers) substantially contributed.
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Juan I. Jorquera, Ph.D. @jijorquera.bsky.social · 28d
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Climate impacts are real — denying this is self-defeating
The US administration is attempting to undermine efforts to curb greenhouse-gas emissions. It will ultimately leave that country, and the world, worse off.
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Juan I. Jorquera, Ph.D. @jijorquera.bsky.social · Sep 8
Good news:
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U.S. will fulfill Biden-era pledge to provide HIV prevention breakthrough to millions
Trump administration cuts to global health programs had put promise in doubt
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Juan I. Jorquera, Ph.D. @jijorquera.bsky.social · Sep 6
EL BOLETÍN DEL DIRECTOR | Claro que hay jueces haciendo política. Por Ignacio Escolar www.eldiario.es/132_bfff55?u...
Claro que hay jueces haciendo política
'El boletín del director' es una carta semanal de Ignacio Escolar exclusiva para socios y socias de elDiario.es. Si tú también lo quieres leer y recibir cada sábado en tu buzón, hazte socio o socia
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Juan I. Jorquera, Ph.D. @jijorquera.bsky.social · Sep 5
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Extreme fire weather conditions in Spain and Portugal now common due to climate change – World Weather Attribution
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Pablo Bustinduy @pbustinduy.bsky.social · Sep 5
O me bajas las tasas o me voy. O adaptas la ley a mi modelo de negocio o me voy.

Ni el chantaje de Ryanair ni las amenazas de ninguna multinacional van a cambiar el rumbo de este Ministerio.
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Ministerio de Derechos Sociales, Consumo y A2030 @msocialgob.bsky.social · Sep 5
🗣️ @pbustinduy.bsky.social: "Aquí la ley se va a aplicar y no se va a adaptar al modelo de negocio de Ryanair. Es la empresa la que tiene que respetar los derechos de las personas consumidoras en nuestro país"

📺 En 'Al Rojo Vivo'
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Juan I. Jorquera, Ph.D. @jijorquera.bsky.social · Sep 4
Vaccines are probably the best invention of humanity, and scientists, including those at the medicines licensing authorities, such as the FDA and the EMA, make sure they have a positive benefit/risk ratio.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
RFK Jr demanded a vaccine study be retracted — the journal said no
In a rare move for a US public official, health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr called for a Danish paper finding no link between aluminium in vaccines and disease to be retracted.
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Pablo Bustinduy @pbustinduy.bsky.social · Sep 4
No aceptamos el chantaje ni la extorsión de lobbies y magnates. Somos el Ministerio de Consumo y vamos a cumplir con nuestra obligación: defender los derechos de los consumidores, donde haga falta y las veces que haga falta, por muy poderosos que sean quienes se pongan enfrente.
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Juan I. Jorquera, Ph.D. @jijorquera.bsky.social · Sep 3
A bit of good news and hope for science.

House Republicans add to support for maintaining NIH budget in 2026 | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
House Republicans add to support for maintaining NIH budget in 2026
Both chambers of Congress have now rejected Trump’s proposed 40% cut
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Juan I. Jorquera, Ph.D. @jijorquera.bsky.social · Aug 30
Vaccines are probably the best invention of humanity
ourworldindata.org/vaccination
Vaccination
Vaccines have saved millions of lives and transformed global health. This page presents data and research on their history, impact, and future.
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Juan I. Jorquera, Ph.D. @jijorquera.bsky.social · Aug 30
Death rates from cardiovascular disease are much lower now than a few decades ago, thanks to science, doctors, researchers and ... pharmaceuticals.
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Death rates from cardiovascular disease have fallen dramatically — what were the breakthroughs behind this?
Over a century of progress in surgery, drugs, prevention, and emergency response has driven down death rates from heart disease and stroke.
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Juan I. Jorquera, Ph.D. @jijorquera.bsky.social · Aug 28
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Lies, Damned Lies, and Donald Trump’s Statistics
Anne O. Krueger warns that political meddling will erode trust in official statistics and fuel global uncertainty.
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Juan I. Jorquera, Ph.D. @jijorquera.bsky.social · Aug 27
I and my loved ones may be alive today, instead of dead by COVID-19, thanks to mRNA vaccines.

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Cancelling mRNA studies is the highest irresponsibility
The rest of the world is not following the US government’s dangerous path, and will stick with the technology that helped the world out of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Juan I. Jorquera, Ph.D. @jijorquera.bsky.social · Aug 22
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Joseph Stiglitz, Democracy, Freedom, Social Justice, and the Good Society
From the series “Where are we going?” in the “On Science and Society” website
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Juan I. Jorquera, Ph.D. @jijorquera.bsky.social · Aug 20
En España, el gobierno quiere reducir la semana laboral de 40 a 37,5 horas. Los grandes empresarios y los políticos de derecha dicen que eso causará pérdida de productividad. La siguiente cita, de Adam Smith, explica de dónde proviene la productividad.
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Adam Smith about Workers' Productivity / Adam Smith y la productividad de los trabajadores
Adam Smith on Productivity / Adam Smith y la productividad
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