All we are made of comes from dying stars, those rare supernovae and other cosmic death throes that forge those scarce heavier elements, but could we learn true alchemy and mass manufacture those materials ourselves, and even others not found in nature?

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Credits:

Nuclear Transmutation

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

Episode 332, March 3, 2022

Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur

Editors:

Jason Burbank

Mark Warburton

Yamagishi

Cover Art:

Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier

Graphics:

Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana

Ken York https://www.facebook.com/YDVisual/

Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc

Udo Schroeter

Music by:

Markus Junnikkala, https://markusjunnikkala.com

"Mobilize the Fleets"

"We Roam the Stars"

Stellardrone, https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com

"The Earth is Blue"

"A Moment of Stillness"

Aerium, https://aeriumambient.bandcamp.com

"Fifth Star of Aldebaran"

Miguel Johnson, https://migueljohnson.bandcamp.com

"Strange New World"

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