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Can An Airline Affect The Direction Of Science?

NPR

By Shankar Vedantam

Published September 22, 2016 at 5:07 AM EDT

Copyright 2016 NPR

Shankar Vedantam

Shankar Vedantam is the host and creator of Hidden Brain. The Hidden Brain podcast receives more than three million downloads per week. The Hidden Brain radio show is distributed by NPR and featured on nearly 400 public radio stations around the United States.

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