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Stephen Wolfram Q&A, For Kids (and others) [April 2, 2021]

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast

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Radioactive Atoms Have No Electric Charge

When nuclei self destruct, they produce radiation that can be harmful to humans. Radioactivity was discovered around a hundred and 20 years ago now. The only way an atom of something like gold or hydrogen ever changes into anything else is by its nucleus sor of self destructing. So it's kind of bad to get radiation from self destructing atoms um to go through you.

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