COVID-19: How 900 Bytes Changed the World

Mind Matters

Apr 23 2020 | 00:18:13

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Show Notes

Human biology is so finely tuned that less than a kilobyte of information can stop the world. Robert J. Marks and Dr. Daniel Andrés Díaz-Pachón discuss COVID-19, DNA, and information. Show Notes 01:09 | Introducing Dr. Daniel Andrés Díaz-Pachón, Research Assistant Professor in the Division of Biostatistics at the University of Miami and Senior Researcher at the Evolutionary Informatics Lab 02:46 | A review of DNA 04:03 | A small amount of information can make a big change 08:03 | Coronavirus and information change 10:11 | The different kinds of coronaviruses 11:05 | Effects on air quality 12:43 | Other Read More ›

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