Included in this episode: 1. What Perseverance, NASA’s New Mars Rover, Will Be Doing in its Years on the Red Planet 2. UK Study Will Intentionally Expose People to COVID-19 Virus 3. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz Under Bipartisan Fire for Trip to Cancun as His State Suffered Power Outages and Bitter Cold .

TIME's The Brief

What Perseverance, NASA’s New Mars Rover, Will Be Doing in its Years on the Red Planet... and More Stories

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