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Will Poor

Will is a writer, producer, and editor based in San Francisco. At Seeker, his focus is on short documentaries and new series development. He's covered nuclear secrets, the politics of conservation, cannibal galaxies, and a lot more.

Articles by Will

Artificial Intelligence

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Will AI Destroy All Humans, or Help Us Build a Better Future?

The debate over the impact of artificial intelligence won't go away any time soon. So, which side are you on?

By Multiple Authors

Space & Innovation

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Chernobyl's Massive Radiation Shield Is Preventing Nuclear Fallout

Chernobyl's New Safe Confinement is protecting the world from another nuclear disaster.

By Multiple Authors

Space & Innovation

By Multiple Authors

This Invisible Light Shows Us What Our Eyes Can't See

Infrared light is all around us even though we cannot see it. Find out how this invisible radiation impacts our everyday lives.

By Multiple Authors

By Multiple Authors

When Did Environmentalism Become So Political?

When you think of environmentalism, does Richard Nixon come to mind?

By Multiple Authors

Space & Innovation

How Science Is Keeping Antarctica Ungoverned

Antarctica: a research utopia for international governments. Do natural resources threaten the peace on Earth's only non-governed continent?

By Will Poor

Earth & Conservation

Bering Strait: Mythic and Critical

The Bering Strait is emerging from the shrouds of prehistory to become a world transit mecca.

By Will Poor

Earth & Conservation

Could Alaska Be The New Center For Global Trade?

With melting ice caps, the Bering Strait may become a new passage for global trade routes. So how will this new trade route impact Alaska?

By Will Poor

The Soviet Union's Secret Nuclear Disaster

During the Cold War, the Soviet Union kept many secrets, one of which was the Mayak nuclear plant. So why was the Mayak plant kept a secret?

By Will Poor

Earth & Conservation

Can Japan Kill Whales in the Name of Science?

Japan and whaling have a long history and a controversial present. See how Japan whalers can legally hunt today due to this little loophole.

By Will Poor

Earth & Conservation

The Human Cost Of Gold

Gold may be the most universal shorthand there is for value and greed, and there's still huge demand for the rock today, but at what cost?

By Will Poor

The Story Of NASA's "Forgotten Astronaut"

Neil Armstrong may have been the first person to walk on the moon, but he wasn't the only astronaut on the Apollo 11 mission.

By Will Poor

Earth & Conservation

The Worst Nuclear Testing You've Never Heard Of

From 1949 to 1989, the USSR secretly conducted over 400 nuclear tests in Kazakhstan, exposing 200,000 to dangerous levels of radiation.

By Will Poor