No. 30 9:02

North Korea’s Nuclear Clues, Oil at $100, and Falling Atoms

Leah and Sam explain what distant clues suggest about North Korea’s uranium enrichment, how new U.S.–Iran conflict claims connect to a world oil price, and what scientists learned by comparing two paths of an atom’s wave.

Show notes

In this episode

  • 0:01 Opening and preview
  • 0:43 What satellite clues can tell us about a nuclear site
  • 4:48 New conflict claims and a rising oil price
  • 6:41 An atom experiment checks an Einstein prediction
  • 8:16 Recap and discussion question

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