New Tangled Bank!

Check out the best science blogging from the past two weeks over at Salto sobrius. Included in the current carnival is a site that's new to me, VirologyBytes, and in particular this post (well, podcast) discussing just what a virus is. Unfortunately, I'm at a computer without speakers at the moment, so I'll have to check it out later, but the site looks quite interesting.

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Hi Tara.
No speakers needed, just plug those earbuds in (which is what our students do).
Hope you enjoy the podcasts at virologybytes.blogspot.com - science for the masses!