Science Saturday: Ectoplasm, Monkeys, and Spiritons | George Johnson & Deborah Blum

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Channel: Nonzero · 2018 · News & Politics

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George Johnson (The Cancer Chronicles, Raw Data) and Deborah Blum (University of Wisconsin-Madison, Ghost Hunters)

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