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Journey beyond the asteroid belt to explore the solar system's majestic giants and mysterious outer reaches. We break down ...

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Regina Barber and Emily Kwong of NPR's Short Wave discuss an Earth-sized exoplanet, how ant colonies deal with disease and a possible link between volcanoes and the Black Death.