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TWiV 381: Add viruses and Zimmer
Published 9 years, 11 months ago
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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
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