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Oct 21
52m 52s

The Science of Godzilla, Zombies & Other...

NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON
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Would Godzilla be structurally sound or too big for its own weight? Neil deGrasse Tyson, with co-host Matt Kirshen and “Geek-in-Chief” Charles Liu, takes a look at the monsters that have terrified us and the scary speculative science behind them. 
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