On April 26, 1986, a reactor exploded inside a Chernobyl nuclear power plant, forcing thousands of people to abandon the area in droves. More than 30 years later, much of Chernobyl and its surrounding areas remain abandoned. Take a closer look at an …
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Wearable ‘microbreweries’ can track dangerous radiation exposure
Researchers at Purdue University developed a disposable patch that can track radiation levels in an instant with the help of yeast. Experts think this tool will be valuable to hospital lab workers, and perhaps nuclear disaster victims one day. …
View More Wearable ‘microbreweries’ can track dangerous radiation exposureA wolf left its irradiated Chernobyl home. What happens if it mates?
In the winter of 2015, a young male wolf left its home in the radiation-contaminated zone around Chernobyl, a Soviet nuclear plant that catastrophically exploded and melted down in 1986. The wolf traveled over 200 miles from its irradiated home, rang…
View More A wolf left its irradiated Chernobyl home. What happens if it mates?We still don’t know if mobile phones are safe. Here’s why.
Our phones are like an appendage.
They lie close to us while we sleep, always awake, collecting texts and emails. They live in our pockets when we’re on the go. They stare up at us while we work and eat. We often hold them against our heads or in fro…
NIH study links cell phone radiation to cancer in male rats
New studies from the National Institutes of Health — specifically the National Toxicology Program — find that cell phone radiation is potentially linked with certain forms of cancer, but they’re far from conclusive. The results are complex and the studies have yet to be peer reviewed, but some of the findings are clearly important enough to warrant public discussion. Read More
Don’t keep cell phones next to your body, California Health Department warns
The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) issued a warning against the hazards of cellphone radiation this week. Yes, the thing we are all addicted to and can’t seem to put down is leaking electromagnetic radiation and now California has some guidance to safeguard the public.
The CDPH asks people to decrease their use of these devices and suggests keeping your distance when… Read More
Don’t keep cell phones next to your body, California Health Department warns
The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) issued a warning against the hazards of cellphone radiation this week. Yes, the thing we are all addicted to and can’t seem to put down is leaking electromagnetic radiation and now California has some guidance to safeguard the public.
The CDPH asks people to decrease their use of these devices and suggests keeping your distance when… Read More
A mysterious plume of radioactive particles wafted across Europe, and no one has fessed up to causing it
In early October, radiation monitors around Europe began detecting a puzzling plume of radioactive particles over the continent. Nearly two months later, no one has claimed responsibility for the leak, but experts suspect it came from Russia.
Specifi…
This DIY project lets you catch a falling muon
Physicists at MIT have developed and released a $100 muon detector that you can build at home, allowing you to sense deep space bombardment on something that looks like a TV remote. The CosmicWatch is basically a little box that can detect high-energy cosmic rays as they hit the Earth’s atmosphere and decay into muons.
Muons hit the Earth in a “light drizzle” say the… Read More