On the Right Taq
How does honky tonk and rockabilly singer Johnny Horton connect to the Human Genome Project? Join us as we navigate the sinking of the battleship Bismark, Nazi submarines, Alan Turing and the Enigma machine, LSD, the heat-loving bacteria Thermus aquaticus, and Nobel laureate Kary Mullis.
Yellowstone thermal spring
© Brian Schaller
Thermus aquaticus
© Diane Montpetit
Show Notes
Credits
Written and performed by Dr. Dustin Edwards and Faith Cox
Music from https://filmmusic.io
“Opportunity Walks” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com);
license CC BY 4.0
Images from
Yellowstone National Park, hot springs © Brian Schaller, CDC; license FAL
Thermus aquaticus © Diane Montpetit; public domain
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