It's Friday, December 18th, 2015, and you're listening to Inquiring Minds.

I'm Indra Viscontas.

And I'm Kishore Hary.

Each week, we bring you a new in-depth exploration of the space where science, politics, and society collide.

We endeavor to find out what's true, what's left to discover, and why it all matters. You can find us online at motherjones.com or inquiringshow.tumber.com or on Twitter at inquiringshow or Facebook.

And you can subscribe to the show on iTunes or any other podcasting app.

This episode is sponsored by LuteCrate, the subscription box for the geek, gamer, and or nerd in all of us.

For less than $20 a month, you get six to eight items of gamer and pop culture licensed gear, apparel, collectibles, unique, one-of-a-kind items, and more.

Make sure to head to lootcrate.com slash minds and enter code Mines to save $3 on any new

subscription.

This year, this far, there have been crates featuring some exclusive items from Star Wars

and Voltron, as well as some epic geek apparel from your favorite shows.

A crate all about strategy games, a crate all about covert operations, and there is only more

awesomeness to come. Remember, you only have until the 19th at 9 p.m. Pacific to subscribe and receive

that month's crate, and when the cutoff happens, that's it. It's over. So go to lukecrate.com

slash mines and enter code mines to save $3 on your new subscription today. I know what you're

getting for Christmas, a Voltron crate.

Awesome, I think.

And this episode is sponsored by Zivia.

Zivia is the zero calorie naturally sweetened soda that's clearly different.

It has no sugar and no calories, but it's still somehow really delicious.

Zivia is available at 15 different flavors like cream soda, black cherry,

...