Nuclear Semiotics: How to Talk to Future Humans

Stuff You Should Know

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🗓️ 20 August 2019

⏱️ 57 minutes

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The nuclear waste we produce will be dangerous for a very long time. We’ve figured out how to safely store it in the earth until it’s no longer a biohazard. Now we just have to figure out how to warn humans 10,000 years in the future to stay away from it.

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