Late this evening Darwin’s God broke into Lawrence Krauss’ much coveted private playlist. This was a major breakthrough, and Read more
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Actually, as I watched Krauss "debate," I was reminded of The Galaxy Song from Monty Python's "The Meaning of Life:"
http://www.songlyrics.com/monty-python/galaxy-song-lyrics/
That's what I would expect to be on his playlist.CannuckianYankee
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Of related note to letting the sunshine in:
Light-harvesting chlorophyll pigments enable mammalian mitochondria to capture photonic energy and produce ATP - 2014
Abstract
Sunlight is the most abundant energy source on this planet. However, the ability to convert sunlight into biological energy in the form of adenosine-5?-triphosphate (ATP) is thought to be limited to chlorophyll-containing chloroplasts in photosynthetic organisms. Here we show that mammalian mitochondria can also capture light and synthesize ATP when mixed with a light-capturing metabolite of chlorophyll. The same metabolite fed to the worm Caenorhabditis elegans leads to increase in ATP synthesis upon light exposure, along with an increase in life span. We further demonstrate the same potential to convert light into energy exists in mammals, as chlorophyll metabolites accumulate in mice, rats and swine when fed a chlorophyll-rich diet. Results suggest chlorophyll type molecules modulate mitochondrial ATP by catalyzing the reduction of coenzyme Q, a slow step in mitochondrial ATP synthesis. We propose that through consumption of plant chlorophyll pigments, animals, too, are able to derive energy directly from sunlight.
http://jcs.biologists.org/content/127/2/388.long
bornagain77
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"Let The Sunshine In" is finely tuned:
Fine tuning of Light, Atmosphere, and Water to Photosynthesis (etc..) - video (2016)
https://www.facebook.com/philip.cunningham.73/videos/vb.100000088262100/1136462999699965/?type=2&theaterbornagain77