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#394 - Carl Zimmer - What Are The Weirdest Types Of Life?
Modern Wisdom
Are Viruses Alive?
Viruses are not just much smaller than a cell, but they're very different. A virus can't sustain itself; it has to fuse with a cell and then infect other cells. Some viruses have geans for things that are not just for making new viruses: They have gens for photo synthesis. So let's get to work on the question of whether or not viruses are alive.
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