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The Almighty Squabble Over Who Gets to Name Microbes


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Coming up today: we speak to the people picking up the slack after their colleagues quit and get stuck into a messy argument about microbe names.


The stories we talked about this week:


The Almighty Squabble Over Who Gets to Name Microbes

https://www.wired.com/story/microbe-names-fight/


They Quit. Now You're Picking Up the Slack

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/they-quit-now-youre-picking-up-the-slack


Music by Filip Hnizdo

Produced and edited by Matt Burgess

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