It's da bomb. Shan and Jaybee launch into the nuclear age, learning all about the Nevada Test Site and the development of radioactive technology, and how it relates to a host of irradiated mannequins of the National Museum of Atomic Testing. Learn about all the weird ways people used to ingest radium! Atomize Vegans! Bleeding earballs! And the tragic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the powerful design of the Hiroshima Peace Pavilion.
It's a party mix of laughter, deep, deep horror, and sadness, on this week's Curio.
Resources:
https://www.archaeology.org/issues/152-1411/features/2594-united-states-atomic-age-doom-town
http://time.com/3675016/nevada-a-bomb-test/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada_Test_Site#Areas
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury,_Nevada
http://www.dark-tourism.com/index.php/15-countries/individual-chapters/758-nevada-nuclear-test-site
https://www.globalzero.org/blog/how-many-nukes-would-it-take-render-earth-uninhabitable
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_technology
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irradiated_mail
https://www.mirion.com/introduction-to-radiation-safety/the-history-of-radiation/
http://mentalfloss.com/article/12732/9-ways-people-used-radium-we-understood-risks
https://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2004-08/healthy-glow-drink-radiation
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18940506
https://www.news-medical.net/health/Radiation-Poisoning-History.aspx
http://nationalatomictestingmuseum.org/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/many-nukes-world-could-destroy/
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20170422/p2a/00m/0na/010000c
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