10 Times The World Almost Ended By Accident

The video explores ten instances where the world nearly ended due to human error or oversight. These include the Cuban Missile Crisis, a biotech mishap, NORAD simulation errors, the Kola Superdeep Borehole, flu research oversights, CFC environmental impacts, the Large Hadron Collider, a computer chip incident, and a Norwegian rocket test. Each event highlights the potential for disaster due to miscommunication, scientific experimentation, or technological failures.

What event is widely remembered as the closest the world came to nuclear war?

What did the Cuban Missile Crisis reveal about the tensions between the US and USSR?

How did the German biotech firm plan to utilize plant waste?

What was the consequence of the bacteria created by the German biotech firm?

What was the cause of the false alarm during the NORAD simulation in 1979?

What was the potential consequence of the USSR's drilling project to the center of the Earth?

What was the main issue with the flu strain created by Yoshihiro Kawaoka in 2011?

What was the main danger associated with the Large Hadron Collider?

What was the result of the computer chip malfunction at NORAD in 1980?

What was the purpose of the observation rocket launched by US scientists in 1995?