TWiV #55 - Mice lie, monkeys exaggerate

Published: Oct. 25, 2009, 2:30 p.m.

The largest TWiV panel ever assembled takes on XMRV and chronic fatigue syndrome, 2009 chemistry Nobel prizes for ribosome structure, finding new poxvirus vaccine candidates, a brouhaha over leaked Canadian data on flu susceptibility, and transmission of H1N1 influenza to a pet ferret.

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Hosts: Vincent Racaniello,\xa0Dick Despommier,\xa0Alan Dove,\xa0Jason Rodriguez, and\xa0Rich Condit

\nLinks for this episode:\n\nWeekly Science Picks\n

Dick Nikon photomicroscopy contest\xa0winners at SciAm (Dick's article on\xa0vertical farming)
Alan Make:
Rich BBC's\xa0Planet Earth (DVD at Amazon)
Jason The Collider, the Particle and a Theory About Fate
Vincent
An Epidemic of Fear and\xa0Misinformants at Wired Magazine