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jepper

@jepper

Biologist, pirate, wizard, future superhero, awesome, humble

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jepper
@jepper Sep 8, 2018, 9:34 PM UTC

Is it okay to eat meat? (night thoughts)

I would like to say that I LOVE MEAT. I really like the taste, I love burgers and everything meat related. And basically, I did not really care much about meat, how much I eat it or if I should even…

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jepper
@jepper Aug 18, 2018, 10:03 PM UTC

Quick update – I am back

The last time I posted here was 5 months ago. Since then nothing. What happened. Well, several reasons. First of all – value of steem dollar and steem dropped quite dramatically. And to be honest my…

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jepper
@jepper Mar 11, 2018, 11:04 AM UTC

Optogenetics – A comprehensive guide

Hi fellow steemians! Well, you probably noticed that great personal passion of mine is a technique called optogenetics. I had already written 10 articles on this topic and thus would like to put all…

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jepper
@jepper Mar 10, 2018, 8:34 PM UTC

Chicken or the egg - Which came first?

Hi guys! You surely heard about this dilemma - which came first? Chicken or the egg? The phrase is mainly used as a metaphor to describe a situation where is unclear which of the two events involved…

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jepper
@jepper Mar 4, 2018, 6:23 PM UTC

Why is there no grape flavoured ice cream?!

Ice cream - such a great treat on hot summer day. In Europe you can find many ice cream vendors on the streets selling huge variety of this frosty delight - coming in different colours and flavours.…

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jepper
@jepper Feb 28, 2018, 7:30 PM UTC

Why do unicorns have horns?

Back to the important questions! You probably all heard about unicorns – legendary creatures that looked like beautiful white horses with single horn protruding from their foreheads. This horn had su…

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jepper
@jepper Feb 20, 2018, 8:09 AM UTC

Difference between purple and violet

When I started learning English there wasn’t put much emphasis on differentiating between purple and violet. Even in my native tongue (Slovak) there is almost no difference between these two colours…

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jepper
@jepper Feb 19, 2018, 10:05 AM UTC

Bacterial or viral infection? - Give me drop of your blood and 10 minutes!

Recently I wrote an article about Antibiotics where I also mentioned problems associated with misuse of antibiotics and rise of so called super bugs. In the comments section of this article @pmduy sh…

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jepper
@jepper Feb 17, 2018, 10:00 AM UTC

Fireflies and introduction to bioluminescence

Source How is it possible for a living organism to produce light? You probably seen fireflies once in your life or at least heard about them. These tiny fellas roam the night and illuminate their sur…

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jepper
@jepper Feb 14, 2018, 9:02 PM UTC

Valentine’s day special – Controlling hearts with light

Hi fellow Steemians! As we celebrate love and romance today I would like to demonstrate how to make someone’s heart beat faster (using optogenetics). What am I talking about?! Read on and find out! S…

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