Bomb-Sniffing African Rats? - SOT Is Live At Museum

By Frank Stasio,

Published February 27, 2014 at 11:33 AM EST

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The State of Things is live today from the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh. You can watch the live feed of the radio show beginning at 12:06 EST. Topics include:

Giant bomb-sniffing African rats. (Really!) Danielle Lee is an animal behavior scientist who studies the rats. She will also give a talk at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences tonight at 7 p.m.

Also on the show:

The potential for dramatically faster Internet in the Triangle through Google Fiber
A new exhibit about the influence of Lebanese immigrants in the state

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