Nels and Vincent discuss an ultra reduced archaeal genome, the closest cellular entity to date that approaches a viral strategy of existence.

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Nels – The Bethesda Declaration Vincent – US to Drop Guidance to Limit Alcohol to One or Two Drinks Per Day, Sources Say

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Nels and Vincent review the properties of Mendel’s pea genes through the lens of modern genetic analysis.

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Nels – Evolution related game Vincent – Should Unvaccinated Patients Get Organ Transplants? Ethicist Weighs In

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Nels and Vincent explain the ancestry and evolution of the extinct dire wolf.

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Nels – Navigating to the forefront of innovation: A celebration of immigrant scientists Vincent – Exclusive: a Nature analysis signals the beginnings of a US science brain drain

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Nels and Vincent explain the ancient evolutionary origin of sex in cephalopods.

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Nels – Speaking into a microphone? Your audio quality can impact the way people view you Vincent – Remedy Supported by Kennedy Leaves Some Measles Patients More Ill

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Nels and Vincent explain how template switching during DNA replication is a widespread source of adaptive gene amplification.

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Nels – Jeremy Berg on Bluesky – jeremymberg.bsky.social Vincent – Dickson Despommier, 84

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Nels and Vincent reveal that worker ants amputate their colleagues injured leg to prevent infections.

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Nels – The Science Bridge Vincent – US withdraws from WHO

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Nels and Vincent discuss the molecular and genetic origins of sex-linked orange coat color in cats.

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Nels – AI takes up science podcasting Vincent – Humans evolved for distance running – but ancestor ‘Lucy’ didn’t go far or fast

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Nels and Vincent review the identification of a novel virus associated with the pathogen Plasmodium knowlsei and which is part part of a diverse and unclassified viral taxon.

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Nels – The peace of wild things, poem by Wendell Berry Vincent – All Life on Earth Today Descended From a Single Cell. Meet LUCA

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Nels and Vincent discuss the origins of eukaryotes, with contributions from at least 3 bacteria (alphaproteobacteria) and a large contribution from DNA viruses with large genomes.

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Nels – Pathoplexus.org Vincent – Can science cure its addiction to plastic?

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Nels and Vincent explain how homology searches of anti-phage systems in eukaryotic genomes can be used to discover proteins of the human immune system.

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Nels – Pathoplexus.org Vincent – Can science cure its addiction to plastic?

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