In both life and death, the people who ended up at the notorious asylum and poor farm were some of Chicago’s least fortunate residents.
Curious City - Did a WWII nuclear experiment make the U of C radioactive?
Our Geiger counter couldn’t detect any radiation footprint from the site of the first sustained nuclear chain reaction. (Whew!) But, was safety first and foremost when scientists ran their WWII nuclear experiment in Chicago?
the memory palace - Episode 52 (Six Stories)
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