10-Minute Explainer: Secret Agent Whale

Eleanor Cummins, assistant editor for Popular Science, talks about how animals are used by the military, as spies or as weapons themselves.

"The Russians do have a long history of using animal spies for missions," says @elliepses. "New technologies are all relying on biomimicry, we’re just trying to do with technology what whales are already doing — some people are just trying to cut out the middle man."

— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) May 14, 2019