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November 26, 2018

Rains Bring a Microbial Massacre to Chilean Desert

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Today's Nerdy Curio is brought to you by 60-Second Science. Freak heavy rainstorms in 2015 and 2017 wiped out many dry-adapted microbes in the Atacama desert, useful info in the search for life off the Earth. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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Aired November 20, 2018

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