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We had tickled the nuclear dragon, woken the spirit beneath the earth, and disaster was waiting. Born from the collapse of a star, uranium has brought hope, progress. Dr derek muller is a great science communicator i would regard him in the same league as carl sagan. Uranium documentary, more about uranium twisting the dragon.
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