Episode 660: The T-Rex In My Backyard

NPR | By Stacey Vanek Smith,

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Published June 6, 2018 at 4:53 PM CDT

Fossils are becoming a booming business.

We're in the middle of a dinosaur boom. Commercial diggers are combing the hills of the high plains, hoping to find fossils and strike it rich.

But what happens when you put a price tag on a scientific relic that could spark new discoveries about early life on earth? The market has the answer.

Today on the show: science faces off with business, and the T-Rex that started it all.

Music: "Always True."

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Stacey Vanek Smith

Stacey Vanek Smith is the co-host of NPR's The Indicator from Planet Money, and is a correspondent for Planet Money.

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