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In this episode, first aired in 2014, we examine three very different kinds of black boxes\\u2014spaces where we know what\\u2019s going in, we know what\\u2019s coming out, but can\\u2019t see what happens in that in-between space.

From the darkest parts of metamorphosis to a sixty-year-old secret among magicians, and the nature of consciousness itself, we shine some light on three questions. But for each, we contend with an answerless space, leaving just enough room for the mystery and magic, always wondering what\\u2019s inside the Black Box.

Episode credits:Reported by\\xa0Tim Howard and Molly WebsterProduced by Tim Howard and Molly WebsterCitations:Radio Show:\\xa0ABC\'s\\xa0Keep Them Guessing\\xa0(https://tinyurl.com/9r9zmftr)

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