THE VIDEO SHELF · molecular biology and infectious disease
The Scariest Episode Yet - Still Untitled: The Adam Savage Project - 10/30/18
An episode of Adam Savage's Still Untitled podcast with molecular biologist Joe DeRisi. They discuss his work, including sequencing to detect rare infections, in a conversation Savage calls possibly the show's scariest.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN recommends it for DeRisi's fascinating stories about rare pathogens such as brain-eating amoebas.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Adam Savage’s Tested
- Topic
- molecular biology and infectious disease
- Format
- podcast
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2020–2024
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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Adam Savage's podcast Still Untitled did a really fantastic episode [1] back around Halloween 2018 where they had a molecular biologist come on and talk about his work. The stories he tells are absolutely fascinating and I thoroughly encourage everyone wiht any interest in molecular …
NamTaf on Hacker News · 2020-09
In Fatal brain-eating microbe found in Lake Jackson, Texas water supplyFrom what I understand Joe DeRisi's approach[0] comes relatively close to your "blender" idea! [0]: I already mentioned Adam Savage's excellent podcast with him elsewhere in this dicussion but here's a direct link: [VIDEO]
codethief on Hacker News · 2024-12
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