The WIRED Podcast

The Almighty Squabble Over Who Gets to Name Microbes

The WIRED Podcast

Show Notes

Coming up today: we speak to the people picking up the slack after their colleagues quit and get stuck into a messy argument about microbe names.

The stories we talked about this week:

The Almighty Squabble Over Who Gets to Name Microbes https://www.wired.com/story/microbe-names-fight/

They Quit. Now You're Picking Up the Slack https://www.wired.co.uk/article/they-quit-now-youre-picking-up-the-slack

Music by Filip Hnizdo Produced and edited by Matt Burgess

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