TWiV 381: Add viruses and Zimmer
Hosts:\xa0Vincent Racaniello,\xa0Dickson Despommier,\xa0Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and\xa0Kathy Spindler
\nGuest: Carl Zimmer
\nCarl Zimmer joins the TWiV team to talk about his career in science writing, the real meaning of copy-paste, science publishing, the value of Twitter, preprint servers, his thoughts on science outreach, and much more.
\nLinks for this episode\n- \n
- Carlzimmer.com \n
- All Carl's articles at NYTimes \n
- Carl at Stat \n
- The Loom \n
- Staying afloat in the rising tide of science (Cell) \n
- Parasite Rex \n
- Planet of Viruses \n
- Handful of biologists went rogue (NYTimes) \n
This episode is sponsored by ASV 2016 and\xa0ASM\xa0Agar Art Contest
\nWeekly Science Picks\nCarl - Surprising benefit of viral DNA
Alan\xa0-\xa0Global ship traffic
Dickson\xa0-\xa0Music with 2000 marbles
Vincent\xa0- The whiteboard revolution
Kathy\xa0-\xa0How to interpret UK and American advisors
Rich\xa0-\xa0Carina Storrs, science writer
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