Science Rules! with Bill Nye

Loose Nukes? You Betcha


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Nuclear weapons should be important to all of us because we've got to figure out how to not use them, and how to protect them. Caller Valentina wonders how a generation inundated with information can prioritize nukes as an issue, while caller Larry suggests that maybe the answer to this world problem is as simple as blasting them all into space. Science historian and nuclear weapons expert Dr. Alex Wellerstein joins us to talk history, address those concerns, and more.


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This episode is sponsored by Progressive Insurance (www.progressive.com), KiwiCo (www.kiwico.com/SCIENCERULES), and Turo.

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