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TWiV 253: I don’t know anything about sorghum
October 6, 2013
In this second consecutive all-email episode, the complete TWiV team reads questions and comments from listeners about systemic antiviral responses, wild type poliovirus in Israel, Turkish scientists, viral symbiotes, and much more.
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Dickson – HD slow motion montage (YouTube)
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Alan – Space weather forecast (YouTube)
Rich – 1984 by George Orwell (Doublethink)
Vincent – PopSci comments off and Why so few women in science?
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CN – Blink: The Power of Thinking without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell
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