125: The Science of Nazi Nuclear Cubes

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At the end of WWII hundreds of uranium cubes made for the Nazi nuclear program were taken by the USA, but they didn't take them all. Quite a number of these nuclear cubes went missing... A few have popped up here and there, until recently it's always been near impossible to tell if a cube is real, or just a really good replica - but scientists have just found a wild new way to find which ones are fakes...
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References & Further Reading

1. https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/news.sky.com/story/amp/hundreds-of-cubes-of-nazi-uranium-are-missing-now-scientists-have-a-new-way-to-spot-them-12389326
2. https://www.washingtonpost.com/gdpr-consent/?next_url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.washingtonpost.com%2fhistory%2f2021%2f08%2f25%2fnazi-nuclear-program-failed-uranium-cube%2f
3. https://www.newscientist.com/article/2287673-investigation-of-nazi-uranium-could-help-stop-modern-nuclear-smuggling/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
4. https://www.history.com/.amp/news/wwii-nazi-atomic-secrets-alsos-mission-kidnap-heisenberg
5. https://www.britannica.com/science/nuclear-fission
6. https://science.howstuffworks.com/nuclear-bomb.htm
7. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1321436
8. https://www.britannica.com/science/carbon-14-dating
9. https://www.britannica.com/science/hydrogen/Isotopes-of-hydrogen#ref621366
10. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Werner-Heisenberg/Heisenberg-and-the-Nazi-Party

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