On episode #214 of the science show This Week in Virology, Vincent, Alan, and Kathy discuss how coagulation factor X binding to adenovirus activates the innate immune system, and a novel polyomavirus associated with brain tumors in raccoons. You can find TWiV #214 at www.microbe.tv/twiv.

If you were a science professor, and you received two equally strong applications for the position of  laboratory manager, one from a female, one from a male, which one would you pick? The answer might surprise you. It is well known that women are underrepresented in many fields of science. ...

What better way to start 2013 than with a meaningful quote from Jon Yewdell: We might think we know how Nature should work, and we certainly gain insight into Nature by using our logical powers (endowed by Nature) to predict how Nature might work, but ultimately, we have to understand ...

On the final episode of the year of the science show This Week in Virology, the TWiV team reviews twelve cool virology stories from 2012. You can find TWiV #213 at www.microbe.tv/twiv.

On a special episode of the science show This Week in Virology, Vincent and Stuart Firestein, author of Ignorance, discuss why ignorance €“ all of what we don't know, and even what we don't know we don't know €“ is the driving force of science. You can find this TWiV Special ...