Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, and Kathy Spindler

Vinny and the capsids answer listener questions about the definition of life, state vaccination laws, the basic science funding problem, viral ecology, inactivation of viruses by pressure, and much more.

Links for this episode

• Varun's research poll
• Letters read on TWiV 289

Weekly Science Picks

Alan - The Science of Good Cooking Vincent - The Shooter Report (pdf)Kathy - Daily overviewDickson - Girl rising

Listener Pick of the Week

Johnye - Ri channelRicardo - Open spin microscope (Nikon gallery, plans)Chris - The microbiome game

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