Nuclear Historian Answers Nuclear War Questions | Tech Support | WIRED

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Alex Wellerstein joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about nuclear science. Which nations have nuclear bombs? Who decides who gets to have nuclear warheads and who doesn't? Why were Hiroshima and Nagasaki targeted at the end of World War II? What happens to someone's body in an atomic bomb explosion? How does radiation work? Answers to these questions and plenty more await on Nuclear Science Support. 0:00 Nuclear Science Support 0:15 Who has nukes? 0:57 Who decides who gets to have nukes? 2:26 Was Iran building a nuclear bomb prior to Israel’s attack? 3:52 Nuclear football 4:42 What do you mean we lost them? 6:45 Why were Hiroshima and Nagasaki targeted? 10:21 Gun control parallels 11:38 ELI5 Enriched Uranium 13:48 Einstein and the Manhattan Project 15:11 Radiation remaining at Hiroshima and Nagasaki 18:47 What happens to someone in an atomic bomb explosion? 21:29 Fallout shelters 22:34 Chernobyl 23:47 Radiation: How does it work? 25:59 The biggest theoretical nuke 29:07 Duck and cover 30:53 How close did Nazi Germany get to the bomb? Director: Justin Wolfson Director of Photography: Charlie Jordan Editor: Paul Tael Expert: Alex Wellerstein Line Producer: Jamie Rasmussen Associate Producer: Paul Gulyas; Brandon White Production Manager: Peter Brunette Production Coordinator: Arielle Baron Casting Producer: Lisandro Perez-Rey Camera Operator: Lauren Pruitt Sound Mixer: Sean Paulsen Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin Supervising Editor: Erica DeLeo Additional Editor: Samantha DiVito Assistant Editor: Billy Ward Still haven’t subscribed to WIRED on YouTube? ►► http://wrd.cm/15fP7B7 Listen to the Get WIRED podcast ►► https://link.chtbl.com/wired-ytc-desc Want more WIRED? Get the magazine ►► https://subscribe.wired.com/subscribe/splits/wired/WIR_YouTube?source=EDT_WIR_YouTube_0_Video_Description_ZZ Follow WIRED: Instagram ►►https://instagram.com/wired Twitter ►►http://www.twitter.com/wired Facebook ►►https://www.facebook.com/wired Tik Tok ►►https://www.tiktok.com/@wired Get more incredible stories on science and tech with our daily newsletter: https://wrd.cm/DailyYT Also, check out the free WIRED channel on Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and Android TV. ABOUT WIRED WIRED is where tomorrow is realized. Through thought-provoking stories and videos, WIRED explores the future of business, innovation, and culture.