What Remains: Science, ethics, and the Smithsonian’s bone collection - podcast episode cover

What Remains: Science, ethics, and the Smithsonian’s bone collection

Oct 22, 202433 minTranscript available on Metacast
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Episode description

The Smithsonian is the world's largest research institution, but much of it is out of public sight. And one particular kind of collection is part of a growing debate over where ethical lines and scientific discovery should be drawn.

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