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Mar 2024
51m 10s

Staying Curious with William Shatner

NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON
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What is the value of curiosity? Neil deGrasse Tyson sits down with William Shatner to explore the nature of spacetime, Star Trek, human curiosity, loneliness, and more. How would warp drive work? 
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