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The Soviet officer who broke protocol and avoided nuclear war.
The Girl With 1,000 Paper Cranes
After surviving the Hiroshima bombing, Sadako Sasaki made the origami crane a symbol of hope and peace.
The Physicist Who Wanted No Part in a Bomb
After helping discover nuclear mission and fleeing Nazi Germany, Lise Meitner was offered a spot in the Manhattan Project. She said "no."
The Analyst Who Called the Cuban Missile Crisis
Juanita Moody sounded the alarm ahead of the Cuban Missile Crisis and fought to share her findings with the highest echelons of power, influencing history's most terrifying 13 days.
The Man with Iraq’s Bomb in his Garden
Days after the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, Mahdi Obeidi came forward with shocking information about Iraq's nuclear program.
The Nun Who Broke Into “Nuclear Fort Knox”
In 2012, Sister Megan Rice crossed a fence, walked past a broken security camera, and breached one of the most sensitive national security facilities.