On my way to give a keynote talk at a genome meeting in California, I noticed in the Hartford airport that the April issue of Wired is on the newsstand. And in that issue is a feature I wrote about fighting viruses, based on visits and interviews with scientists exploring new ways of doing battle with these invisible foes. It’s not yet on Wired’s web site yet (I’ll post a link when it goes online), but here’s the introduction for a taste:

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This post was originally published in “Download the Universe,” a multi-author blog about science ebooks edited by Carl Zimmer.

E.O. Wilson’s Life on Earth. By Gael McGill, Edward O. Wilson, and Morgan Ryan. Published by Wilson Digital, 2012. 

Reviewed by John Hawks

March 19, 2012

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Here’s the latest batch of reviews from Download the Universe. Check out these science ebooks:

Living Architecture: How Synthetic Biology Can Remake Our Cities: A contemplation of how tinkering with cells can change civilization.

The Solar System: An interactive guide to the planets.

Gutenberg the Geek: How the explosion of the Internet today mirrors the birth of movable type.

Natural History: Mammals – Carnivores: Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!

The Stir of Waters: Radiation, Risk, and the Radon Spa of Jáchymov . A journey to a bizarre resort where people bathe in radioactive waters.

Originally published March 17, 2012. Copyright 2012 Carl Zimmer.