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L'univers est naturel et compréhensible

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Monthly Archives: May 2016

I love science!

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Posted on 10 May 2016 by joneall
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Especially, I love various explanations that science offers of things. I realized this the day I first read about the electron transport chain (or ETC), or oxidative phosphorylation. That’s a mouthful, but the basic principals are simple as 2+2=4.

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