Learn about how saying no to kids makes them more resourceful and why humans aren’t the only animals capable of deception. We’ll also answer a listener question about whether rocket stages ever hit ships in the ocean, with a little help from Cody Chambers at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

Saying no to kids makes them more resourceful by Anna Todd

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• Mehta, R., & Zhu, M. (2015). Creating When You Have Less: The Impact of Resource Scarcity on Product Use Creativity. Journal of Consumer Research, 42(5), 767–782. https://doi.org/10.1093/jcr/ucv051

Humans aren't the only animals capable of deception by Cameron Duke

• Culum Brown, Garwood, M., & Williamson, J. E. (2012, July 4). It pays to cheat: Tactical deception in a cephalopod social signalling system. ResearchGate; Royal Society, The. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228324988_It_pays_to_cheat_Tactical_deception_in_a_cephalopod_social_signalling_system
• Flower, T. (2010). Fork-tailed drongos use deceptive mimicked alarm calls to steal food. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 278(1711), 1548–1555. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2010.1932
• Hanlon, R. T., Naud, M.-J., Shaw, P. W., & Havenhand, J. N. (2005). Transient sexual mimicry leads to fertilization. Nature, 433(7023), 212–212. https://doi.org/10.1038/433212a
• King, B. J. (2019). Deception in the Animal Kingdom. Scientific American. https://doi.org/10.1038/scientificamerican0919-50
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• “NOVA | Kings of Camouflage | Mating Trickery | PBS.” Pbs.Org, 2020, nf.html">www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/camo/mati-nf.html
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• Steele, M. A., Halkin, S. L., Smallwood, P. D., McKenna, T. J., Mitsopoulos, K., & Beam, M. (2008). Cache protection strategies of a scatter-hoarding rodent: do tree squirrels engage in behavioural deception? Animal Behaviour, 75(2), 705–714. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.07.026
• Stevens, M. (2016, March 14). Nature’s cheats: how animals and plants trick and deceive. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/natures-cheats-how-animals-and-plants-trick-and-deceive-55323

Do rocket stages ever hit ships? Listener question from Steve in Tennessee, answer by Cody Chambers, Flight Safety Lead at NASA's Kennedy Space Center

• Watch the recorded broadcast of the Commercial Crew SpaceX Falcon 9 Crew-1 launch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_FIaPBOJgc
• NASA Range Flight Safety Program: https://kscsma.ksc.nasa.gov/RangeSafety
• News article about 2019 rocket launch mishap in China:rocket-crushes-houses-after-government-warning-to-residents.html"> https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/26/chinese-rocket-crushes-houses-after-government-warning-to-residents.html

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