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By Neil deGrasse Tyson

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

S12 E44

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Published October 19, 2021 2:00am

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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