Episode 660: The T-Rex In My Backyard
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We're in the middle of a dinosaur boom. Commercial diggers are combing the hills of South Dakota, Wyoming and Montana, hoping to find fossils and strike it rich.
But what happens when you put a price tag on a scientific relic that could hold reveal new discoveries about early life on earth?
Today on the show: the science faces off against business, and T-Rex that started it all.
Music: Benjamin Kaniewski's "On Your Knees."
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