Microbiologist Answers Microbiology Questions From Twitter - Tech Support - WIRED
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Date: 2024-09-18
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tz4601
The man speaks the truth. Our zombie movies nowadays are really just extreme outbreaks of a mutated rabies. A zombie originally was something that was mindless in the sense that it could be controlled, as a slave, by the person who reanimated it. The first 'modern' zombie movie was Night of the Living Dead but that film never said the word zombie once. People later on for some genuinely unknown reason started calling the monsters in it zombies years after it was released. Something like 28 Days Later is just turbo rabies.
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The man speaks the truth. Our zombie movies nowadays are really just extreme outbreaks of a mutated rabies. A zombie originally was something that was mindless in the sense that it could be controlled, as a slave, by the person who reanimated it. The first 'modern' zombie movie was Night of the Living Dead but that film never said the word zombie once. People later on for some genuinely unknown reason started calling the monsters in it zombies years after it was released. Something like 28 Days Later is just turbo rabies.
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goatmeal5241
This is maybe the best of these that I've seen, this guy is great!
I was hoping someone would ask about the deep-drill-core bacteria living in solid rock---wasn't there a recent finding that >1 km underground there are still very-slow-metabolism, 1000s of years old bacteria that speed up when we add water and food And that their density in the crust implies that most biomass on Earth is these microbes
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This is maybe the best of these that I've seen, this guy is great!
I was hoping someone would ask about the deep-drill-core bacteria living in solid rock---wasn't there a recent finding that >1 km underground there are still very-slow-metabolism, 1000s of years old bacteria that speed up when we add water and food And that their density in the crust implies that most biomass on Earth is these microbes
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_woo. _.
3: 10, I watched a video on a physics topic that stated,
most of our mass is energy, the energy that holds molecules together, and in those molecules the energy that binds atoms together, and in those atoms, the energy that bind nucleons together,
and in those nucleons, the energy that bind elementary particles together.
I thought it was relevant, and it's unique too.
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3: 10, I watched a video on a physics topic that stated,
most of our mass is energy, the energy that holds molecules together, and in those molecules the energy that binds atoms together, and in those atoms, the energy that bind nucleons together,
and in those nucleons, the energy that bind elementary particles together.
I thought it was relevant, and it's unique too.
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thewalkingcrow8946
Shame no one brought up cable bacteria. They do group respiration where they share the responsibility of electron exchange using long strings of them lined up where the ones higher in the soil have access to oxygen or sulfur to do the electron exchange for respiration. It's kind of a unique thing and a relatively new discovery. It's one of those that makes mud stink.
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Shame no one brought up cable bacteria. They do group respiration where they share the responsibility of electron exchange using long strings of them lined up where the ones higher in the soil have access to oxygen or sulfur to do the electron exchange for respiration. It's kind of a unique thing and a relatively new discovery. It's one of those that makes mud stink.
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alikursatsahin9131
Nice information but the way he speaks as if evolution is a conscious procedure is not true. He talks like bacteria choose to change with the environment. They don't. They just survive if they have the necessary adaptations and then multiply. I know he is simplfying it but it can be confusing for people who don't know enough about the subject.
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Nice information but the way he speaks as if evolution is a conscious procedure is not true. He talks like bacteria choose to change with the environment. They don't. They just survive if they have the necessary adaptations and then multiply. I know he is simplfying it but it can be confusing for people who don't know enough about the subject.
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jmcosmos
_N. fowleri_ -caused meningitis is most unfortunately a thing. It killed my best friend (yes, in Texas) in 1980. And the parts Dan didn't say are a) by the time symptoms present, it's too late; b) it's an agonisingly painful death; and c) mortality is north of 97%. In short, if you get PAM, your family may as well go on and order the coffin.
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_N. fowleri_ -caused meningitis is most unfortunately a thing. It killed my best friend (yes, in Texas) in 1980. And the parts Dan didn't say are a) by the time symptoms present, it's too late; b) it's an agonisingly painful death; and c) mortality is north of 97%. In short, if you get PAM, your family may as well go on and order the coffin.
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mirko241
Antibiotic resistance is the reason you should always finish your antibiotics even if you feel fine, if you stop early there may be survivors that will eventually get resistance. That's partially the reason why there are hospital superbugs that are highly resistant to most or all of our known antibiotics.
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Antibiotic resistance is the reason you should always finish your antibiotics even if you feel fine, if you stop early there may be survivors that will eventually get resistance. That's partially the reason why there are hospital superbugs that are highly resistant to most or all of our known antibiotics.
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mulrich
While microbes being able to resist high radiation is fascinating, microwave ovens don't actually use that kind of radiation to cook food. It's a common misconception. The level of normal planetary background radiation is higher than what a microwave oven outputs while in operation.
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While microbes being able to resist high radiation is fascinating, microwave ovens don't actually use that kind of radiation to cook food. It's a common misconception. The level of normal planetary background radiation is higher than what a microwave oven outputs while in operation.
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etherscholar
'. they get into the brains of mice and make mice more susceptible to being eaten by cats' - whoa, let's back up here, you're saying cats have micro-bioweaponry that makes their prey weaker to them That's crazy. Need details. How many other predators have stuff like this
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'. they get into the brains of mice and make mice more susceptible to being eaten by cats' - whoa, let's back up here, you're saying cats have micro-bioweaponry that makes their prey weaker to them That's crazy. Need details. How many other predators have stuff like this
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calvinhuber5779
Mr. Buckley thank you for this wonderfully informative and interesting. and FUN video! I remember a friend (also a microbiologist ) who told me alot of this years ago but I loved seeing the examples and found your presentation fascinating. Thank you again!
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Mr. Buckley thank you for this wonderfully informative and interesting. and FUN video! I remember a friend (also a microbiologist ) who told me alot of this years ago but I loved seeing the examples and found your presentation fascinating. Thank you again!
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danielfox9461
Come on man, you're a professional, the really desperate patients in need of a fecal transplant CAN and on at least one verified occasion DID take that milkshake orally. It even worked. I mean they died of shame shortly after but his stomach felt great
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Come on man, you're a professional, the really desperate patients in need of a fecal transplant CAN and on at least one verified occasion DID take that milkshake orally. It even worked. I mean they died of shame shortly after but his stomach felt great
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slapstickninja
no-one from Wired will see this but please PLEASE release child-friendly versions of your expert support videos I would literally show my Year 4 class every video they’re so informative and engaging and the swear words don’t seem to serve a purpose!
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no-one from Wired will see this but please PLEASE release child-friendly versions of your expert support videos I would literally show my Year 4 class every video they’re so informative and engaging and the swear words don’t seem to serve a purpose!
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lukmaanpratomo6866
Pyrococcus Furiosus. Now that is such a badass name I haven't heard in a while for a microbe.
Also, if I'm understanding this correctly, is he eluding to Tardigrades basically pulling off Suspended Animation to survive those extreme conditions.
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Pyrococcus Furiosus. Now that is such a badass name I haven't heard in a while for a microbe.
Also, if I'm understanding this correctly, is he eluding to Tardigrades basically pulling off Suspended Animation to survive those extreme conditions.
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krystofdayne
I'm still not over the cold open of the The Last of Us where that one skeptical sciene guy had apparently no retort to oh if the climate gets hotter, fungus could totally evolve to control humans what are talking about my man, that's not how that works
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I'm still not over the cold open of the The Last of Us where that one skeptical sciene guy had apparently no retort to oh if the climate gets hotter, fungus could totally evolve to control humans what are talking about my man, that's not how that works
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RFC3514
2: 30 - He might be an expert on microbes but he's clearly not an expert on pins. The head of the pin is _the other end. _
Also, you can fit hundreds of (some kinds of) microbes even on the tip of a pin, let alone the head.
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2: 30 - He might be an expert on microbes but he's clearly not an expert on pins. The head of the pin is _the other end. _
Also, you can fit hundreds of (some kinds of) microbes even on the tip of a pin, let alone the head.
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wired
I am not a micro biologists or any type of biologist and even I know that bird flu is likely the next pandemic. Thankfully we have a vaccine for bird flu so if it mutats we will probably get a working vaccine really quickly.
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I am not a micro biologists or any type of biologist and even I know that bird flu is likely the next pandemic. Thankfully we have a vaccine for bird flu so if it mutats we will probably get a working vaccine really quickly.
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jpe1
8: 14 (avian flu pandemic crossing into humans) this is an excellent reason why we should all stop eating poultry, if no one is in close proximity to birds there will be no opportunity for zoonotic disease to arise.
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8: 14 (avian flu pandemic crossing into humans) this is an excellent reason why we should all stop eating poultry, if no one is in close proximity to birds there will be no opportunity for zoonotic disease to arise.
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dibs9937
That avian flu thing concerning. I'm a med student and our prof just told us dont worry about monkeypox just yet, most of it is mild. Worry about avian flu, its coming hard, coming fast, and coming everywhere.
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That avian flu thing concerning. I'm a med student and our prof just told us dont worry about monkeypox just yet, most of it is mild. Worry about avian flu, its coming hard, coming fast, and coming everywhere.
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RampageG4mer
If you were to put together all the bacteria in a human into one pile, how would that look like What color and texture would it have How would it behave if you moved your hand through it
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If you were to put together all the bacteria in a human into one pile, how would that look like What color and texture would it have How would it behave if you moved your hand through it
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mariannefoucrault
7: 45 so why do people still mass produce chicken for consumption Why do people still eat animals I STG I cannot wait for the world to be vegan. A lot of virus will cease to exist.
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7: 45 so why do people still mass produce chicken for consumption Why do people still eat animals I STG I cannot wait for the world to be vegan. A lot of virus will cease to exist.
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