A project in South Africa aims to reduce demand for rhinoceros horns by making them radioactive. Host Marco Werman speaks with professor James Larkin at the University of the Witwatersrand, who is inserting small quantities of radioisotopes into the horns of live rhinos, allowing for their detection by monitors at border stations and reducing their value as a commodity.
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