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...

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...

Garwin part 2/11: This video explores the history of Los Alamos and its role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II. It highlights the isolation and secrecy of the Los Alamos Laboratory, as well as the experiences of...

The History of Physics (Part 2)

Hidden beneath Greenland’s ice and powered by a nuclear reactor, Camp Century made for an interesting US military base. But life under the ice came with unique struggles; and although it wasn’t mainly constructed for science, the base...

From "Cloud Seeding" to hurricane dissipation, this is the history of human weather modification.

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In the event of a nuclear fallout, every piece of digital and written information could all be lost. Luckily, there is a way that all of human history could be recorded and safely stored beyond the civilization's end. And the key...

With the invention of the atomic bomb, humanity gained the power to destroy itself for the first time in our history. Since then, our risk of either extinction or the collapse of civilization has steadily increased. Just how likely are...

In 1954, the US Government conducted a series of secret nuclear tests in the Marshall Islands. The idyllic coral island Bikini Atoll became the epicentre of the largest nuclear test disaster in US history. The affects of radiation...

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,...

Salvador Dali is born in Figueres, Spain, where his first public art show opens at the Municipal Theatre. Salvador is expelled from art school for declaring his examiners too incompetent to judge him. He spends time with Picasso and...

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...

This video covers:

- Democritus - Atomic T
heory
- John Dalton - Soli
d spheres
- JJ Thompson - Plum
b Pudding model
- Ernest Ruther
ford - Nuclear Model
- Nie
ls Bohr - Electron shells
r/>- James...

Learn about the mysterious test site of the United States Military at the Nevada Test Site, from the design of the U-2 spy plane to the SR-71.

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With Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un rattling their nuclear sabres, the Guardian looks back at 70 years of near-misses in the atomic age. Subscribe to The Guardian ►ttp://is.gd/subscribeguardian' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Guardian...

Today on SciShow, Hank brings us a little science history, telling us the tale of the world's first human-made nuclear reactor, which was built by a team of scientists and students led by Enrico Fermi in a converted squash court under a...

Marie Sk_odowska Curie's revolutionary research laid the groundwork for our understanding of physics and chemistry, blazing trails in oncology, technology, medicine, and nuclear physics, to name a few. But what did she actually do?...

Author George Dyson spins the story of Project Orion, a massive, nuclear-powered spacecraft that could have taken us to Saturn in five years. His insider’s perspective and a secret cache of documents bring an Atomic Age dream to life.

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