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februar 2008

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Taler om masseudslettelser

Asteroidenedslag får al opmærksomhed, men Peter Ward (forfatter til "Medea Hypothesis") argumenterer for, at de fleste masseudslettelser er forårsager af af små bakterier. Ondet - en gift kendt som svovlbrinte - kunne få interessante anvendelser i medicinen.

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Asteroidenedslag får al opmærksomhed, men Peter Ward (forfatter til "Medea Hypothesis") argumenterer for, at de fleste masseudslettelser er forårsager af af små bakterier. Ondet - en gift kendt som svovlbrinte - kunne få interessante anvendelser i medicinen.

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Peter D. Ward studies life on Earth -- where it came from, how it might end, and how utterly rare it might be.