TWiV 381: Add viruses and Zimmer

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler Guest: Carl Zimmer Carl Zimmer joins the TWiV team to talk about his career in science writing, the real meaning of copy-paste, science publishing, the value of Twitter, preprint servers, his thoughts on science outreach, and much more. Links for this episode Carlzimmer.com All Carl's articles at NYTimes Carl at Stat The Loom Staying afloat in the rising tide of science (Cell) Parasite Rex Planet of Viruses Handful of biologists went rogue (NYTimes) This episode is sponsored by ASV 2016 and ASM Agar Art Contest Weekly Science Picks Carl - Surprising benefit of viral DNAAlan - Global ship trafficDickson - Music with 2000 marblesVincent - The whiteboard revolutionKathy - How to interpret UK and American advisorsRich - Carina Storrs, science writer Send your virology questions and comments to [email protected]