The reason that viruses are so hard to fight, the reason for example we need a flu virus every year is that they evolve very fast.
We really depend on viruses for our complete survival. - Carl Zimmer
We really depend on viruses for our complete survival.
- Carl Zimmer
If you're looking for your own idea of your own identity you know the human genome may not be the best place to look for it. You're just looking at a… - Carl Zimmer
If you're looking for your own idea of your own identity you know the human genome may not be the best place to look for it. You're just looking at a…
About 1.2% of the human genome is made up of genes, things that encode for proteins, the stuff that we consider us. There is about 8.3% that's a viru… - Carl Zimmer
About 1.2% of the human genome is made up of genes, things that encode for proteins, the stuff that we consider us. There is about 8.3% that's a viru…
Viruses don't just make us sick. They can actually sometimes end up in our genomes. - Carl Zimmer
Viruses don't just make us sick. They can actually sometimes end up in our genomes.
The reason that viruses are so hard to fight, the reason for example we need a flu virus every year is that they evolve very fast. - Carl Zimmer
The only kinds of ways we have to deal with viruses are old school, so vaccines for example are very effective, but the first vaccines were invented … - Carl Zimmer
The only kinds of ways we have to deal with viruses are old school, so vaccines for example are very effective, but the first vaccines were invented …
When you get sick with the flu you get infected with flu viruses and they make lots of new flu viruses, but those new viruses are not exact copies of… - Carl Zimmer
When you get sick with the flu you get infected with flu viruses and they make lots of new flu viruses, but those new viruses are not exact copies of…
There is some research that suggests that viruses like the flu are really actually kind of at the razor's edge when it comes to mutation. They're mut… - Carl Zimmer
There is some research that suggests that viruses like the flu are really actually kind of at the razor's edge when it comes to mutation. They're mut…
Today, when we look at a brain, we see an intricate network of billions of neurons in constant, crackling communication, a chemical labyrinth that se… - Carl Zimmer
Today, when we look at a brain, we see an intricate network of billions of neurons in constant, crackling communication, a chemical labyrinth that se…
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