127 Carl Zimmer - The Mysterious World of Viruses

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Science, Society & Culture, Neuroscience, Female Host, Interview, Social Sciences, Critical Thinking

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🗓️ 1 April 2016

⏱️ 40 minutes

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We talk to science writer and New York Times columnist Carl Zimmer about viruses. Viral fragments make up 8% of our entire genome—how much do we actually know about them?Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/inquiringminds

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1:45.3	Care to hazard a guess.
1:47.0	How many viruses do you think there are on this planet?
1:51.7	Let alone in the universe, just on this planet.
1:55.9	By the way, scientists have no idea, so you're fine.
1:59.1	No matter what you guess, you'll be okay.
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