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Viruses are the subject of confusion & misinformation. Luckily, we have a friend who knows a lot about them! We sit down with microbiology genius Deboki Chakravarti to talk viruses.
Be sure to check out more of Deboki’s work on Journey to the Microcosmos, and the upcoming Crash Course Organic Chemistry!
Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions!
While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Stefan: @itsmestefanchin Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreen
If you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links:
[Truth or Fail]
Tulips
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/11/science/broken-tulips.html
https://amsterdamtulipmuseumonline.com/blogs/tulip-facts/broken-tulips-the-beautiful-curse
Coffins
https://blogs.weta.org/boundarystones/2016/12/21/then-there-were-no-coffinshttps://www.acf.org/the-american-chestnut/
[Fact Off]
Multicomponent Viruses
https://www.cell.com/cell-host-microbe/fulltext/S1931-3128(16)30310-9
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160825141714.htm
Polydnaviruses
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4424053/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3758193/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780123846846000264
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780123848581000096
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4553618/
[Butt One More Thing]
Caribou poop frozen virus
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2014/10/virus-resurrected-700-year-old-caribou-dung
https://www.pnas.org/content/111/47/16842
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Viruses are the subject of confusion & misinformation. Luckily, we have a friend who knows a lot about them! We sit down with microbiology genius Deboki Chakravarti to talk viruses.
Be sure to check out more of Deboki’s work on Journey to the Microcosmos, and the upcoming Crash Course Organic Chemistry!
Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions!
While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Stefan: @itsmestefanchin Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreen
If you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links:
[Truth or Fail]
Tulips
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/11/science/broken-tulips.html
https://amsterdamtulipmuseumonline.com/blogs/tulip-facts/broken-tulips-the-beautiful-curse
Coffins
https://blogs.weta.org/boundarystones/2016/12/21/then-there-were-no-coffinshttps://www.acf.org/the-american-chestnut/
[Fact Off]
Multicomponent Viruses
https://www.cell.com/cell-host-microbe/fulltext/S1931-3128(16)30310-9
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160825141714.htm
Polydnaviruses
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4424053/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3758193/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780123846846000264
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780123848581000096
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4553618/
[Butt One More Thing]
Caribou poop frozen virus
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2014/10/virus-resurrected-700-year-old-caribou-dung
https://www.pnas.org/content/111/47/16842
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See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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