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.
China launched three astronauts into space last week while Secretary of State Antony Blinken was visiting the country. Likely a coincidence, it still stood as a reminder of China's lofty space goals.