This week, it’s all about viruses. We feel anxious about the corona virus, we talk about viruses in Maize and we even listen to viral music.

• Paper of the week: Monjane, A. L., Dellicour, S., Hartnady, P., Oyeniran, K. A., Owor, B. E., Bezuidenhout, M., … Martin, D. P. (2020). Symptom evolution following the emergence of maize streak virus. ELife, 9. doi: 10.7554/elife.51984

Whorled sunflower

• Whorled sunflower
• The study by the PhD student
• A story on the research

Catharina Helena Dörrien (1717 – 1795)

• Found her through @365botanywomen
• Her paintings on a museum website
• A musical about her life

Cryptomnesia

• wikipedia article
• 99% invisible episode on Who let the dogs out

Fun Stuff

• The sound of Corona
• earrumbling
• turtles like the smell of plastic
• woman waters plastic succulent
• bees like cannabis
• in praise of editing
• cycling all streets in london

Meet Ryker, the best worst service dog

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Our opening and closing music is Caravana by Phillip Gross

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