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The Curse of Knowing Too Much

The Disappearing Spoon: a science history podcast with Sam Kean

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The Manhattan Project Investigates Superman

Paul Stoutenberg killed his wife and daughter at their home in New Mexico. He had access to more atomic secrets than anyone alive, says Peter Bergen. The FBI destroyed a file on him but did not do an official investigation into the death. Bergen: There was no secret that there was no secret of how to make nuclear bombs.

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