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Sep 2024
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FROM THE VAULT: ShortHand: How a NASA Ex...

Wondery | RedHanded
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ShortHand is available exclusively for Amazon Music and Wondery+ subscribers.

Rumours about NASA scientists trying to teach dolphins to talk and getting frisky in the process have long been internet lore. But what really happened when Margaret Howe took on the task of training a sexed-up sea mammal to speak? And how on earth did they get it funded?

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