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The Billion Dollar Bet: Will Humans Live to 150?

May 20, 202534:54News & Politics

In 2000, two scientists — Steve Austed, a biologist and Jay Olshanksy, a biostatistician — made a bet. Would a person live to the age of 150 by the year 2150? Austad bet yes and Olshansky bet no. The wager? $150, which w...

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The Billion Dollar Bet: Will Humans Live to 150? is an episode from The World as You'll Know It by Aventine. In 2000, two scientists — Steve Austed, a biologist and Jay Olshanksy, a biostatistician — made a bet. Would a person live to the a...

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Published May 20, 2025, 34:54 long, audio available.

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