SciShow
The Manhattan Project
Some of the greatest advances in science have come from humanity's more destructive impulses. This is not the fault of science - when we discover powerful truths about the universe it's up to us to decide how to use them because they can...
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Did You Know? The Manhattan Project
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Weird History
What Life Was Like While Working on the Manhattan Project
What was it like to live at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project? As thousands worked to build a top-secret atomic device, the US military tried to keep the entire city secret. All mail was screened and sent through a fake address at...
Curated Video
Manhattan Project Human Experiments
When scientists at the top secret 'Manhattan project' wanted to discover how radioactive bomb materials could affect the human body – they secretly injected terminally ill patients with uranium to find out.
Crash Course
The Atomic Bomb: Crash Course History of Science
The story picks up where we left off last time, with Einstein writing the president of his new homeland, the United States, urging him to build a nuclear weapon before Hitler. This is the tale of the most destructive force humans have...
Crash Course
Biomedicine: Crash Course History of Science
The history of science up until the Cold War is often overshadowed by the Manhattan Project. But, today we are going to talk about advances in biomedicine, or healthcare based on a biological understanding of human bodies and diseases.
Curated Video
The Legacy of the Atomic Bomb: From Hiroshima to the Cold War
This video provides a concise yet comprehensive overview of the impact of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II, the subsequent nuclear testing at Bikini Atoll, and the development of nuclear weapons through...
John D Ruddy
World War 2 in 7 Minutes
An animated video outlining the basic narrative of the Second World War, the rise of fascism, how it started, the Manhattan Project, the Soviet front, London during the Blitz, Hiroshima etc.
Wonderscape
History Kids: The Attack on Pearl Harbor and the Pacific Theater of World War II
This video provides a historical overview of the events leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor, the consequences of the attack, and the subsequent involvement of the United States in World War II. It also raises thought-provoking...
John D Ruddy
World War 2 in 12 Minutes (Extended Edition) - Manny Man Does History
I thought I’d revisit one of my most watched videos, including my 10 More Things about WW2 and some previously unseen content.
Curated Video
Inside the Making of Oppenheimer: The Legacy of the Little Boy and Fat Man
Little Boy And Fat Man are the nicknames given to the two weapons of mass destruction that devastated Hiroshima and Nagasaki, seem ridiculous when thinking about what they were capable of doing. Little Boy was the first nuclear bomb to...
Science ABC
Inside the Making of Oppenheimer: The Legacy of the Little Boy and Fat Man
Little Boy And Fat Man are the nicknames given to the two weapons of mass destruction that devastated Hiroshima and Nagasaki, seem ridiculous when thinking about what they were capable of doing. Little Boy was the first nuclear bomb to...
PBS
Modern Warfare and Alien Invasions
What really crashed down to Earth in Roswell, New Mexico in 1947? Can we trust the government when they say it was just a weather balloon? Today Danielle looks at the history of alien conspiracies and what they teach us about the legacy...
Veritasium
How Kodak Exposed Nuclear Testing
This video covers the history of the Trinity nuclear test in 1945, revealing how radioactive fallout from the explosion was unintentionally detected by Kodak through exposed film. It explains the impact of fallout on public health,...
SciShow
Glenn Seaborg: Shaking Up the Periodic Table
Hank synopsizes the life and work of Glenn Seaborg, pioneer of synthetic elements, member of the Manhattan Project, and the architect of the last great shake-up of the periodic table. ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and...
Curated Video
Oppenheimer’s secret city, explained
How Los Alamos built Oppenheimer’s bomb. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Los Alamos quickly became the centerpiece of the Manhattan Project — the United States’ successful attempt...
Life Noggin
What Happens When the Doomsday Clock Hits Midnight?
The invasion that Russia has wrongfully started in Ukraine has led to more people talking about the threat of Nuclear war and World War 3. How does the Doomsday Clock relate to all this? Subscribe to Lifespan.io:...
Curated Video
How a Truck Driver "Rebuilt" the Atomic Bomb
John Coster-Mullen is a truck-driver with minimal college education who taught himself how to build the most detailed replica of an A-bomb ever made. "The secret of the atomic bomb is how easy they are to make," admits Coster-Mullen....
Curated Video
How Atomic Bombs Work—and Why Few Nations Have Them
New ReviewAt 5:30AM, dawn on July 16, 1945 near a small town called Alamagordo New Mexico, the course of human history was changed. The first atomic bomb was detonated that day, and sealed the fate of humanity. It took the work of many people to...
The Art Assignment
Why Do Corporations Buy Art?
Corporate lobbies and board rooms are often graced with impressive art, but why? What's the rationale behind this expense, and what impact does it have on the rest of the art world? We look at the history of corporate collecting,...
Curated Video
How America Prepared for Nuclear War
This is the untold story of how the US prepped citizens for a potential atom-bomb Armageddon.
Curated Video
Pigeons are gross. They're also wildly underrated.
This video will change the way you look at pigeons. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Sources: Superdove: How the Pigeon took Manhattan... and the World...
Curated Video
How San Francisco erased a neighborhood
A hotel at the heart of San Francisco’s housing wars Become a Video Lab member! http://bit.ly/video-lab With an explosion of tech companies and startups in recent decades, San Francisco has struggled with a massive affordable housing...
Curated Video
The tiny island in New York City that nobody is allowed to visit
There's a tiny island on the East River that you've probably never heard of, and you're not allowed to visit it. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand...