Sot 224: Useless Babies
May 07, 2016•37 min
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Episode description
SpaceX plans to send uncrewed Dragon capsules to Mars... as early as 2018. And they might even be able to do it!
Study of a rare fossil of a baby titanosaur shows that some dinosaurs were left to fend for themselves immediately after hatching.
The bittersweet nightshade plant has an ancient defense mechanism - it recruits armies of ants to ward off slugs and predators.
Astronomers have discovered that Makemake, the second brightest dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt, has a moon. Surprisingly, it's much darker than Makemake - and about 1,300 times fainter.
This episode contains traces of ABC News' in-depth coverage of the SpaceX announcement.
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