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What is uranium?
· 14 min · S1 E654
Episode What is uranium?
Have you ever wondered what the heaviest natural element on Earth is? Get ready to dive inside the incredible, invisible world of atoms in this mind-blowing episode all about uranium! Join Mira and Finn as they uncover how a tiny piece of uranium the size of your pinky finger contains as much energy as an entire ton of coal! Discover the wild history of this super-dense metal, starting with miners who found mysterious "bad luck rock" in the mountains, to a German chemist discovering uranium in 1789. Then, bundle up for a trip to a snowy Swedish forest where brilliant scientists Lise Meitner and Otto Frisch did the totally impossible—they split the atom! You'll learn exactly how nuclear fission works, why radioactive energy is powerful enough to send the Voyager space probe billions of miles across the solar system, and how uranium was actually once used to make glass cups that glow neon green! It's a high-energy scientific adventure that will absolutely blow your mind. Put on your safety goggles and press play to learn why this tiny atom changed human history forever!
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