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Sep 2021
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Cosmic Queries – Animal Outlaws with Mar...

NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON
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What happens when nature commits a crime? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Paul Mecurio discuss law-breaking animals with Mary Roach and her new book Fuzz: When Nature Breaks The Law. Can we hack nature?

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Thanks to our Patrons Hunter Cutone, Roman Cain, Yoshi Wiklund, Tec MySelf, 

Jonathan Harries, Net Identification, and William Davis for supporting us this week.

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