Decoding Science and Politics with Bill Clinton

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Decoding Science and Politics with Bill Clinton

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Nov 6, 2015

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Neil Tyson explores science and politics with former President Bill Clinton, from the human genome to the Higgs boson to the Hubble Space Telescope. Chuck Nice and futurist Juan Enriquez join Neil in studio, Richard A. Muller calls into the show, and Bill Nye hails our “scientists in chief.”

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