Babbage: How the planets got their spots
The Economist Podcasts
The workings of the solar system were once likened to the machinations of a precise clock, but the orbits of the planets havenβt always been so perfectly balanced. How did the planets end up where they are today? Also, the Mars missions which hopes to reveal life on the red planet. And, designer and technologist John Maeda on the importance of understanding machines. Kenneth Cukier hosts
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