What do plastic, wood, limestone, travertine, marble, asphalt, oil, coal, stalactites, peat, stalagmites, cotton, wool, chert, cement, nearly all food and most of our electric service have in common? They are all products of death. Even the world’s banded iron formations, which date from beyond two billion years ago, owe their provenance to early forms … Continue reading Can life keep up with death?