I go where most peoplestop asking.

The first explanation is never the whole story.

I'm Lucina Melesio. I'm a physicist turned journalist, which means I don't stop at the surface. I've reported for The Washington Post, Al Jazeera, Scientific American and many more. I built Mexico's #1 news podcast. And I've spent my career doing one thing: asking the question everyone else stopped at.

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