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		londons_explore on April 17, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Possible dinosaur DNA has been found I believe the laws of thermodynamics do set bounds on the breakdown rate of molecules at a specific temperature... No molecule is 100% stable... Every molecular bond will break eventually due to random thermal noise...

andbberger on April 18, 2020 [–]

Thermodynamics do not set any such bounds, but equilibrium statistical mechanics does describe temperature-dependent state transitions.

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