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episode 508: Bioweapon


Jens returns to present a brief history of bioweapons, with a focus on the program in the Soviet Union, the largest ever undertaken, and his experience working in the decommissioned Soviet bioweapons laboratory known as Vector.

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

Guest: Jens Kuhn

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Links for this episode
  • Russia's Bioweapons Labs (Nature)
  • Medical Aspects of Biological Warfare
  • The Soviet Biological Weapons Program by Leitenberg, Zilinskas, Kuhn
  • Biological Threats in the 21st Century by Lentzos
  • Bioterrorism and Biocrimes by W. Seth Carus
  • Russia's Secret Weapons (Nature)
  • Image credit
Weekly Science Picks

Jens - Nudibranchs, Beastly Garden, large nidovirus (one, two)
Rich - 
Living inside a canister
Dickson -
Global rivers and streams
Kathy - TWiM 181 Dr. Warhol’s Periodic Table of Microbes
Vincent - Twitter Bots and Russian Trolls Amplify Vaccine Debate

Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees.

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 August 26, 2018  2h7m