> "In the few decades since viruses were first found in the oceans, scientists have only been able to identify a handful of species. A new survey has uncovered nearly all the rest."<p>My first reaction was "What does 'nearly all the rest' mean and how can one come to such a conclusion?" The article is a basic but interesting writeup about Sullivan and his colleagues did to get there.
ugh. quanta. That, medium.com, and one other that keeps getting posted to HN news that I can't remember the name... it's all just pablum for the TED crowd.<p>Here's the original paper which you can't read because it's behind a paywall even though it's research supported by your tax dollars:
<a href="http://www.sciencemag.org/content/348/6237/1261498" rel="nofollow">http://www.sciencemag.org/content/348/6237/1261498</a>