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Man Pulled Over by Cops for Being Too Radioactive [Radiation]
If you're ever driving around after taking a nuclear stress test, like one man in Connecticut was, you better hope your doctor gave you a note, otherwise you're gonna have a hard time explaining to cops why you set off their nuclear detectors. Oh, and did I mention cops have nuclear detectors???M...
Dental X-Rays Linked to the Most Common Brain Tumors [Science]
Cancer researchers have found that certain types of dental X-rays significantly increased the incidence of the most common type of brain tumor in the United States: meningioma.More »
Over a Year Later, Fukushima's Radiation Is Still Fatal [Fukushima]
What a difference a year makes: none. Reactor #2 at Fukushima Daichi is still leaking enough radiation to kill you.More »
Here's What Happens When Our Nation's Capital Is Nuked [Nukes]
Late last year, the government conducted a study to discern what happens if DC is hit with a 10-kiloton nuke. Would it be good, or would it be bad? The results are in, and surprise! It would be very, very bad.More »
Inside Footage from Fukushima's Deepest Crisis [Video]
PBS' FRONTLINE cringe-inducing documentary, Japan's Nuclear Meltdown, takes you about as far inside Fukushima's rupturing, quake-paralyzed nuclear plant as you want to get. We've pulled together the most jarring moments here, where Japanese workers struggled to prevent a disaster from exploding ...
The Miraculous NASA Breakthrough That Could Save Millions of Lives [Video]
There are no hospitals in space. The closest E.R. is back on Earth, and astronauts can't exactly jump in a cab to get there. So what happens if the sun burps out a massive blast of radiation while an astronaut is space-amblin' by?More »
Oh Great: Chunks of Fukushima's Corroded Radioactive Uranium Could Survive in the Ocean for Years [Science]
Last march when the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear plant was disastrously damaged by a tsunami, plant technicians used seawater to cool the meltdown situation. At the time, that was probably the best way to avoid an even worse situation.More »
Watch the Fukushima Crisis Unfold Tonight on PBS [Watch This]
Last spring's Japanese tsunami and resultant nuclear meltdown was one of the more significant and significantly unsettling tech stories of 2011—but it already feels long ago. Frontline's documentary on the crisis, "Nuclear Aftershocks," should be a terrific refresher.More »
Bed Bath & Beyond Caught Selling Radioactive Tissue Boxes [WTFriday]
Time to decorate! I'll take this potpourri urn, these palm frond bookends, a nice neutral-colored bathmat, and OH GOD WHY IS THIS TISSUE BOX EMITTING DANGEROUS RADIATION—More »
Japan Prepares to Declare the Fukushima Reactor "Shutdown" [Fukushima]
Japanese officials are preparing to finally declare the Fukushima power plant in a state of cold shutdown as early as 9am tomorrow (GMT). Now they can begin the estimated 40-year process of dismantling the site and repopulating the area.More »
