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Espresso Media
Garwin: The History of FAS and the Future of Nuclear Weapons
Garwin part 8/11: This video features a conversation about the history of the Federation of American Scientists (FAS) and their work in reducing nuclear dangers and advocating for civilian control of nuclear technology. It also discusses...
TED Talks
TED: The world doesn't need more nuclear weapons | erika Gregory
Today nine nations collectively control more than 15,000 nuclear weapons, each hundreds of times more powerful than those dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. We don't need more nuclear weapons; we need a new generation to face the...
Wonderscape
Post-Cuban Missile Crisis Developments and Nuclear Disarmament
Examine the aftermath of the Cuban Missile Crisis and its impact on global nuclear policies. Learn how the United States and the Soviet Union removed missiles from Cuba and established a hotline for direct communication. Understand the...
Curated Video
Why Thorium Nuclear Power May Be the Future of Clean Energy
Nuclear power may not be as bad as you think. If we used Thorium instead of Uranium, we could greatly decrease dangerous radioactive by-products. There is enough Thorium in the world to meet all our energy needs...
Curated Video
Nuclear Fission: The Power and Dangers of Splitting Atoms
Find out what happens when an atom splits and why, depending on how this process is controlled, the consequences can be productive or destructive. Physics - Energy And Radioactivity - Learning Points. Nuclear fission creates energy by...
Soliloquy
How New Zealand became Nuclear-Free
In 1987, the New Zealand parliament passed the “New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act” writing into law that New Zealand would be Nuclear-Free. This was the last act in a series of events where being...
Espresso Media
Garwin: Science, Civilization, and the Challenges of Control
Garwin part 11/11: In this video, scientist Richard Garwin reflects on the control and unpredictability of science, the importance of evolving as a civilization, and his experience during the Cold War. He discusses the risks and...
Science360
Theoretical physicist and arms control expert Sidney Drell is a 2011 NMS Laureate
Theoretical physicist and arms control expert Sidney Drell, 2011 National Medal of Science Laureate, contributed greatly to sciencespecifically to quantum field theory and quantum chromodynamicsas well as to the application of science by...
Curated Video
The US nuclear arsenal is a gigantic accident waiting to happen
Most systems and machines people design break from time to time. That also applies to the United States' nuclear weapons. This video was originally published in June 2015. For more on nuclear weapons from Eric Schlosser, you can find his...
PBS
The Origins of ‘Big Bug’ Science Fiction
Insects make up 80 percent of the world’s species, so it's not all that surprising we’ve occasionally made them into monsters in science fiction and horror. What is staggering is why the “big bug” subgenre took off in the 1950s. Find out...
Curated Video
The next global arms race?
America and Russia have pulled out of the INF, a cold war-era weapons treaty. Why is this significant and what does this mean for global stability?
The Guardian
Prisons in America are broken. Why is the UK imitating them? Eric Schlosser | Comment is Free
America now has the biggest prison population in the world. The majority of those behind bars are non-violent offenders, two thirds are African American or Latino. Subscribe to The Guardian ►ttp://is.gd/subscribeguardian' target='_blank'...
Curated Video
How the World’s First Cyberweapon Destroyed Physical Objects!
It is thought that a person working at an Iranian nuclear facility inserted a malware-infected USB drive into a computer. This malware is called Stuxnet and was developed by the USA and Israel specifically to...
TED Talks
Nick Bostrom: How civilization could destroy itself -- and 4 ways we could prevent it
Humanity is on its way to creating a "black ball": a technological breakthrough that could destroy us all, says philosopher Nick Bostrom. In this incisive, surprisingly light-hearted conversation with Head of TED Chris Anderson, Bostrom...
Espresso Media
Garwin: Science, Civilization, and the Balance of Power
Garwin part 10/11: In this video, scientist Richard Garwin discusses the importance of science in controlling and understanding the world around us. He reflects on a tense period during the Cold War and the responsibility scientists had...
TED Talks
TED: Nationalism vs. globalism: the new political divide | Yuval Noah Harari
How do we make sense of today's political divisions? In a wide-ranging conversation full of insight, historian Yuval Harari places our current turmoil in a broader context, against the ongoing disruption of our technology, climate, media...
SWPictures
BATTLE FOR THE GULF - A Different Kind of War
The air war by the Allies begins. The Allies started jamming Baghdad's radar defences. The jamming gave the game away. Iraqi radars were blinded, but 3,000 anti-aircraft guns and 60 missile batteries began firing wildly into the sky....
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Amir Herzberg: Cyber Security & Centralized Data, What Could Go Wrong?
A global watchdog has sounded the alarm about the growing danger of cyber attacks, on financial markets, warning that firms and regulators around the world need to address the “uneven” response to the threat of online...
Reading Through History
History Brief: The Korean Conflict
Next Animation Studio
Why the U.S. and its NATO allies are reluctant to enact a no-fly zone around Ukraine (with VO)
Volodymyr Zelensky has called on NATO to enforce a no-fly zone over his country, but most military and political leaders have come out against the idea.
Ancient Lights Media
North Korea
Video Atlas of Asia: This clip looks at the physical features, climate and culture of North Korea.