Episode
60 Minutes: 3/28/2021: What Happened in Wuhan?, Dynamic Robots, Kindred in the Bleachers
Overview
Finding the origin of the coronavirus; Then, robots of the future at Boston Dynamics; And, Dave Kindred goes back on the beat to cover high school girls basketball.
Details
- Series
- 60 Minutes
- Season
- Season 53
- Episode
- Episode 28
- Air date
- 2021-03-28
- Runtime
- 44 min
Episode context
3/28/2021: What Happened in Wuhan?, Dynamic Robots, Kindred in the Bleachers is Episode 28 in Season 53 of 60 Minutes. It aired on 2021-03-28. The runtime is 44 min.
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