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What if Terrorists Could Weaponize Covid?

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

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The Unusual City Council Meeting in Cambridge

CNN's John Sutter looks back at a 1976 city council meeting in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It was about whether Harvard University would have the right to work with recombinant DNA. The mayor of Cambridge was a very cantankerous and somewhat intelligent man who understood politics. He went after the elites at Harvard for ignoring what he thought were the risks.

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