Episode 71 – Hack Your Bio Class

Marcus Wohlsen

For the last episode of 2011, we talk with journalist and author Marcus Wohlsen.  Wohlsen is a science writer for the Associated Press who has received abundant praise for his recent book “Biopunk: DIY Scientists Hack the Software of Life.”
Listen to the episode as Wohlsen talks about his book, the underground community of “biopunks” and how you might hack your biology curriculum.

Links

• “Biopunk: DIY Scientists Hack the Software of Life” on Amazon.com
• “Biopunk” On Facebook
• Biocurious
• DIYBio
• “Biopunks Tinker with the Building Blocks of Life”, NPR
• “DIY ‘biopunks’ want science in hands of people”, USA Today
• openPCR
• Dale Carves a Turkey with Wikihow
• Winter Solstice for Wisconsin

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