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The world's humblest heroes, from plumbers to tardigrades
The world's humblest heroes, from plumbers to tardigrades
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Length:
47 minutes
Released:
Feb 8, 2024
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Podcast episode
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Inspired by The Super Mario Bros Movie, we're talking about a humble class of heroes whose lives are devoted to infrastructure maintenance and repair. There are heating engineer rogues and space janitors and, of course, plumbers. Later in the episode we’ll head down to Antarctica, where our guest Ariel Waldman spent her summer vacation studying the environment and the tiny creatures who live there – including tardigrades, the world’s greatest microscopic animals!
Released:
Feb 8, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
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