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BOO! The Science of Scary with Mathias Clasen & Heather Berlin

BOO! The Science of Scary with Mathias Clasen & Heather Berlin

Season 12 Episode 44 Published 4 years, 6 months ago
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Why do we like being scared? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice explore the haunting effects of horror and recreational fear with horror scholar and author, Mathias Clasen, and neuroscientist, Heather Berlin, PhD. 

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