Viruses with Deboki Chakravarti

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: @hankgreenIf you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links:[Truth or Fail]Tulipshttps://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/11/science/broken-tulips.htmlhttps://amsterdamtulipmuseumonline.com/blogs/tulip-facts/broken-tulips-the-beautiful-curseCoffinshttps://blogs.weta.org/boundarystones/2016/12/21/then-there-were-no-coffinshttps://www.acf.org/the-american-chestnut/[Fact Off]Multicomponent Viruseshttps://www.cell.com/cell-host-microbe/fulltext/S1931-3128(16)30310-9https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160825141714.htmPolydnaviruseshttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4424053/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3758193/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780123846846000264https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780123848581000096https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4553618/[Butt One More Thing]Caribou poop frozen virushttps://www.sciencemag.org/news/2014/10/virus-resurrected-700-year-old-caribou-dunghttps://www.pnas.org/content/111/47/16842 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.