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Episode 20: Planetary Quarantine

Universe University by Universe University Production

Oct 25, 202428:46Science & Medicine

'Planetary protection' is a term that refers to efforts to prevent Earth microbes from spreading to other planets - and to prevent any hypothetical microbes from other planets from spreading to the Earth. What effect doe...

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Episode 20: Planetary Quarantine is an episode from Universe University by Universe University Production. 'Planetary protection' is a term that refers to efforts to prevent Earth microbes from spreading to other planets - and to prevent an...

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