Microbiologist names newly discovered virus "Yada yada", after the popular Seinfeld catchphrase. Image via New York Post.
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Scientist names newly discovered virus as "Yada yada" after popular Seinfeld catchphrase

Jana Batovska, a microbiologist at the AgriBio Centre for AgriBioscience in Victoria, Australia, recently published her discovery of a new kind of insect-only alphavirus, which she has chosen to name the "Yada yada" virus, after a catchphrase from the popular 90s TV show Seinfeld. Batovska states she named it so because "yada yada" is used to indicate dull detail, and the virus is not particularly interesting or dangerous to humans.

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Mon Jan 13 - ScienceMagazine

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