TWiV #55 - Mice lie, monkeys exaggerate

TWiV #55 - Mice lie, monkeys exaggerate

The largest TWiV panel ever assembled takes on XMRV and chronic fatigue syndrome, 2009 chemistry Nobel prizes for ribosome structure, finding new poxvirus vaccine candidates, a brouhaha over leaked Canadian data on flu susceptibility, and transmission of H1N1 influenza to a pet ferret.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dick Despommier, Alan Dove, Jason Rodriguez, and Rich Condit

Links for this episode: Weekly Science Picks

Dick Nikon photomicroscopy contest winners at SciAm (Dick's article on vertical farming)
Alan Make:
Rich BBC's Planet Earth (DVD at Amazon)
Jason The Collider, the Particle and a Theory About Fate
Vincent
An Epidemic of Fear and Misinformants at Wired Magazine

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