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!
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If you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links:
[Truth or Fail]
Tulips
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/11/science/broken-tulips.html
https://amsterdamtulipmuseumonline.com/blogs/tulip-facts/broken-tulips-the-beautiful-curse
Coffins
https://blogs.weta.org/boundarystones/2016/12/21/then-there-were-no-coffinshttps://www.acf.org/the-american-chestnut/
[Fact Off]
Multicomponent Viruses
https://www.cell.com/cell-host-microbe/fulltext/S1931-3128(16)30310-9
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160825141714.htm
Polydnaviruses
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4424053/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3758193/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780123846846000264
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780123848581000096
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4553618/
[Butt One More Thing]
Caribou poop frozen virus
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2014/10/virus-resurrected-700-year-old-caribou-dung