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S3 E5: Trust Issues
Season 3 Episode 5
The only three people who really knew what had transpired at SL-1 were dead, and it would take months to determine what likely happened—plenty of tim…
3 years, 9 months ago
S3 E4: Chain Reaction
Season 3 Episode 4
Two of the men working the reactor that night had personal problems. They hated each other. They fought with their bosses. And those problems could e…
3 years, 9 months ago
S3 E3: A New(clear) Hope
Season 3 Episode 3
The horrifying devastation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki proved the destructive capabilities of nuclear power. But, in the aftermath of World War II, we …
3 years, 10 months ago
S3 E2: Out Of Little Things
Season 3 Episode 2
How did we figure out that such a tiny particle—an atom—held all that power? For that matter, what is an atom? A primer on the basics of atomic energ…
3 years, 10 months ago
S3 E1: Close To Home
Season 3 Episode 1
Two dead men. One man missing. A hole blown in the side of the reactor. A cloud of radioactive gas so hot, it was off the charts. What happened with …
3 years, 10 months ago
S3 Wild Thing: Going Nuclear Trailer
Season 3
Back for its third season, Wild Thing uses science, history and culture to probe the realities of nuclear energy today, while analyzing our own fasci…
3 years, 11 months ago
S2 E10: The Truth Is Out There
Season 2 Episode 10
'Oumuamua is long gone—out of sight and almost impossible to reach. The excitement over it generated endless fascination about what (and who) might b…
5 years, 4 months ago
S2 E9: You Gotta Have Faith
Season 2 Episode 9
Our views on aliens can often be uplifting, offering a glimpse of a better, technologically-bright future, or a glimmer of hope about our ability to …
5 years, 4 months ago
S2 E9: You Gotta Have Faith
Season 2 Episode 9
Our views on aliens can often be uplifting, offering a glimpse of a better, technologically-bright future, or a glimmer of hope about our ability to …
5 years, 4 months ago
S2 E8: Popular Science (Fiction)
Season 2 Episode 8
American culture is saturated with extraterrestrial and UFO references—and we still can’t get enough. Hollywood has raked in billions on alien-themed…
5 years, 4 months ago