It's Friday, December 2nd, 2016, and you're listening to Inquiring Minds.

I'm Andrea Viscontas.

Kishorhari, my co-host, is just back from a much-needed vacation to India, so we'll let him

recover before bringing him back onto the show.

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 where science, politics, and society collide.

We endeavor to find out what's true, what's left to discover, and why it all matters.

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