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90. Thorium: Bright Lights, Big City

February 22, 2022

8:30 am

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Alsos, Alvin Weinberg, Auergesellschaft, Candoluminescence, Carl Auer von Welsbach, Illumination, India, Jons Jacob Berzelius, Leslie Groves, Mythology, Nazis, New York City, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Weapons, Oak Ridge National Labs, Radioactivity, The Manhattan Project

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Sure, thorium could provide practically limitless clean energy, but then we couldn’t build weapons of mass destruction.

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16. Sulfur: No Mistakes, Only Happy Accidents

July 9, 2018

6:00 am

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Adolf Hitler, Calvin Coolidge, Charles Goodyear, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Gerhard Domagk, Nazis, Nobel Prizes, Odor, Pharmaceuticals, Rubber, Satan, Thioacetone, Vulcanization, Vultures, Winston Churchill, World War II

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From Vulcan to vultures, today’s element brings stories of unintended consequences.

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1. Hydrogen: Close To The Sun

January 8, 2018

6:00 am

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Adolf Hitler, American Civil War, Antoine Lavoisier, Astronomy, Atomic Structure, Classical Elements, Edwin Hubble, Electrolysis, Etymology, Germany, Joseph Goebbels, Mythology, NASA, Nazis, Periodic Table, Space Exploration, Theodore Gray, United States, World War II

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As we investigate our first element, we’ll meet warring balloonists, witness mass media’s first major tragedy, and see how the tiniest mistake can cost a lot of money. Plus, we’ll try to pin down where hydrogen belongs on the periodic table.

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