Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler

Guest: Carl Zimmer

Carl Zimmer joins the TWiV team to talk about his career in science writing, the real meaning of copy-paste, science publishing, the value of Twitter, preprint servers, his thoughts on science outreach, and much more.

Links for this episode

Carlzimmer.com
All Carl's articles at NYTimes
Carl at Stat
The Loom
Staying afloat in the rising tide of science (Cell)
Parasite Rex
Planet of Viruses
Handful of biologists went rogue (NYTimes)

This episode is sponsored by ASV 2016 and ASM Agar Art Contest

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