About this episode
<p>Hannah Fry explores two more tales of data and discovery.</p><p>Gossip and rumour are plaguing a tile manufacturing company. The chatter is pulling morale to new lows, and amid it all, a question hangs in the air: who is spreading it? Can the science of networks find out? </p><p>And, what is the secret to ageing well? One man believes he may have found the beginnings of an answer, and it is hiding in a convent.</p><p>Produced by: Ilan Goodman and Lauren Armstrong Carter</p>
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