What Drones, Bees and Marilyn Monroe Have in Common
Drone Fly (Photo: Flickr/Simon Edge)
There have been all sorts of debate about the meaning of "drone." Host Aaron Schachter finally discovers the history of the word and its true definition from Ben Zimmer, producer of Vocabulary.com.
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