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The TWiV team considers whether those who can do, can't teach, and newly discovered viruses of planarians and Aplysia with the largest RNA genomes.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Kathy Spindler and Brianne Barker
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- Support Viruses Gordon Conference
- KNAW Beijerinck Prize
- Bioterrorism and Biocrimes by Seth Carus (free pdf)
- History of Biological Warfare by Seth Carus (free)
- Those Who Can Do, Can't Teach (NYTimes)
- Planarian nidovirus (bioRxiv)
- Aplysia nidovirus (bioRxiv)
- Image credit
- Letters readon TWiV 509
Weekly Science Picks
Brianne- Climate change visualization
Alan- Anova sous vide cooker
Dickson- Fire season in western US
Kathy- Sunscreen in UV and The Projector Illusion
Vincent - The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge
Listener Pick
River- The Conscience of the Present
Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees.
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