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LIMITS OF MIND. “We are thus left with the most fundamental unknowable of all cosmic questions, the problem of the First Cause, or why there is something rather than nothing. We have argued that science is not equipped conceptually to address such question and, indeed, possibly neither is the human mind. We must live with our ignorance, surrounded by the mystery of existence, trying hard to expand the shores of our island of knowledge.” https://lnkd.in/dMvbsYt View in LinkedIn

NEEDING EXPLANATION. “The bacteria survival during the transfer from the Earth’s surface to the ionosphere is a particular problem. Intact DNA of the genera Delftia and Mycobacteria detected in this paper may indirectly indicate the intactness of the whole cell; otherwise the formation of thymine dimers would make the PCR conducting impossible. However, this issue needs further explorations.” https://lnkd.in/dNHWs6R View in LinkedIn

Nature art in the morning frost. View in LinkedIn

“Curiouser and curiouser!”" "― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland https://lnkd.in/dbjJXhS View in LinkedIn

POSSIBILITY. “The presence of the DNA of wild terrestrial and marine species of bacteria on the surface of the ISS indicates their possible transfer from the stratosphere to the ionosphere with the ascending branch of the global electric circuit although the details of the process have not been worked out.” https://lnkd.in/dNHWs6R View in LinkedIn

THE OPTIONS DIAGRAM. “Figure 5. Possible ways of intact DNA (bacterial forms) transfer to the orbit of the ISS and from ISS surface. Kinetic constants of different transfer pathways of microorganisms are indicated as follows: hypothetic Arrhenius’ way from the interplanetary space: possible mass transfer of the dispersed matter from the Earth surface to the ISS orbit with the ascending branch of the global electric circuit: possible contamination way from ISS internal volume to ISS surface, and : dissipation of the dust from the ISS surface to space.” https://lnkd.in/dNHWs6R View in LinkedIn