TWiV 195: They did it in the hot tub

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello , Alan Dove , Rich Condit , Dickson Despommier , and Ken Stedman The complete TWiV team meets with Ken Stedman to discuss the discovery in Boiling Spring Lake of a DNA virus with the capsid of an RNA virus. Subscribe to TWiV (free) in iTunes , at the Zune Marketplace , by the RSS feed , by email , or listen on your mobile device with the Microbeworld app . Links for this episode: Novel virus from an extreme environment ( Biol Direct , virology blog ) Lassen Volcanic National Park Tombusviridae , Circoviridae (ViralZone) TWiV on Facebook Letters read on TWiV 195 Weekly Science Picks Ken - The Edge of Life trailer and Facebook page Dickson - The Cognitive Style of Powerpoint by Edward Tufte Alan - SEMs of insects and spiders via Steve Gschmeissner Rich - Curiosity Has Landed ( Wiki mission summary ) Vincent - Curiosity's Seven Minutes of Terror (YouTube) Listener Pick of the Week Lance - The Vaccine Confidence Project and Immune response video (YouTube) Anat - Beautiful Science Send your virology questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to [email protected], or call them in to 908-312-0760. You can also post articles that you would like us to discuss at microbeworld.org and tag them with twiv .