TWiV 386: The dolphins did it

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler

Guests: Ted Diehl and Welkin Johnson

Ted and Welkin inform the TWiV team how the evolution of ancient retroviruses can be inferred by studying their sequences in the genomes of modern mammals, and join in a discussion of virus dispersal during different methods for drying hands.

• More fun than a monkey full of viruses (TWiV 122)


• Tracking ancient retrovirus evolution in mammals (eLife)


• Virus dispersal during hand drying (J Appl Micro)


• More than you wanted to know about hand drying (one, two, three, four, five, six)

This episode is sponsored by ASM Agar Art Contest, ASM Grant Writing Course, and ASV 2016

Welkin - Lab Girl by Hope Jahren (essay)Ted - Accidental brilliance in scienceRich - Perpetual motion?Kathy - R0 graphic and explanationVincent - NWS ditches all caps forecasts

Basel - Gimli Glider and Mars Climate OrbiterKen - Vaccination comic book

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