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Why science needs uncertainty

KPCW Cool Science Radio by KPCW

Aug 20, 202625:20Science & Medicine

Stuart Firestein, Professor of Neuroscience at Columbia University, explores why uncertainty is essential to science and how embracing what we don't know can foster creativity, innovation and a more informed understandin...

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Why science needs uncertainty is an episode from KPCW Cool Science Radio by KPCW. Stuart Firestein, Professor of Neuroscience at Columbia University, explores why uncertainty is essential to science and how embracing what we don't know can...

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Published Aug 20, 2026, 25:20 long, audio available.