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In the December 5 Issue:
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- Climate might be right for a deal: Copenhagen negotiations will take steps toward a climate-stabilizing treaty
- Botanical Whales: Adventures in the Tortugas reveal that seagrass fields need saving too
- Breaking the Speed Limit: Studies examine physiology and technology to better foresee the ultimate edge of human performance
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The statement "An exploration of how photosynthesis makes life on Earth possible" is grating, scientifically.
Photosynthesis makes PRESENT life on Earth possible. However, life's genesis and its long initial evolution "were made possible" long prior to the evolution of photosynthesis:
"Life Genesis, formation of first genes, was a phenomenon of serendipitous occurrence, in a supportive environment, of 'favourably-directed' energy potential between in-coming sun's radiation and polymerizing RNA-related oligomeric configuration."
"Life's Manifest"
http://www.the-scientist.com/community/posts/list/112.page#578
Dov Henis
(A DH Comment From The 22nd Century)
http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-P81pQcU1dLBbHgtjQjxG_Q--?cq=1
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