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Elena Kazamia

Elena Kazamia

Bring back the dirt?

As the covid pandemic is being reigned-in in the United States, an expectant public is re-educated to share germs again. Writing for the…

Apr 23, 2021

Bring back the dirt?

Apr 23, 2021

Elena Kazamia

Remembering the future

Four years ago I fell down fifteen steps, backwards, and almost broke my neck. I was sober, it was Sunday lunchtime, and I was wearing…

Apr 3, 2020

Remembering the future

Apr 3, 2020

Elena Kazamia

Virus

Suddenly the whole world has X-ray vision. I walk into Trader Joe’s, a local supermarket, and the woman in front of me is wiping clean the…

Mar 18, 2020

Virus

Mar 18, 2020

Elena Kazamia

Aristotle on Safari

“Has the semen soul or not?” I underline the sentence in pencil and close the book with a wry smile. Aristotle is not the only one who has…

Feb 28, 2020

Aristotle on Safari

Feb 28, 2020

Elena Kazamia

Liquid sleep

Sleeping is suddenly trendy. Just a decade ago, tracking REM cycles was decidedly un-cool. Sleep was for lethargic sloths, the lazy and…

Jan 20, 2019

Liquid sleep

Jan 20, 2019

Elena Kazamia

Why did Life get so Big ?

Sometimes it is impossible to understand why something happened. Especially if it only happened once. Especially still, if it happened once…

Jul 5, 2018

Why did Life get so Big ?

Jul 5, 2018

Elena Kazamia

Sex life

Sex has been on my mind a lot recently. I am trying to figure out if my diatoms are doing it. I know the ones I am growing in the lab are…

May 29, 2018

Sex life

May 29, 2018

Elena Kazamia

Surviving winter

Behold the coolest selfie taken this year:

Feb 27, 2018

Surviving winter

Feb 27, 2018

Elena Kazamia

The first ménage à trois

Who is the most romantic scientist that has ever lived? No, it is not Sir Isaac Newton. Even though he discovered universal attraction. He…

Feb 14, 2018

The first ménage à trois

Feb 14, 2018

Elena Kazamia

Abiogenesis

There is no natural progression from the absence of numbers to “one”. I don’t mean zero. It is possible to get from zero to one; it might…

Feb 6, 2018

Abiogenesis

Feb 6, 2018

Elena Kazamia

Elena Kazamia

Scientist / Greek / Citizen of the World/ Here to share my passion for biology. I write about the significance of small things, the ocean, and energy.

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