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Earth was hit by a massive gamma ray burst in the year 775
Way back in the year 775, it looks likely that the Earth was slammed with a massive burst of gamma rays, briefly soaking the planet in quite a bit of radiation. This radiation spike was measured by studying tree rings in Japan and rocks in Antarctica, pinpointing it to 775, the year when Baghdad was the world’s biggest city.
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posted 22 January, 2013
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Radiation from space travel may cause brain damage. So there’s that.
In open space, outside the barriers of atmospheres, there’s a shit ton of radiation beaming about all over the place. Spaceships shield themselves from the radiation to keep astronauts safe, but there’s a bigger danger than gamma rays— radioactive iron ions that are too heavy to be blocked by normal radiation shields, that could lead to brain damage in astronauts.
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posted 05 January, 2013
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Mutant butterflies appearing in Japan near Fukushima power plant, Mothra is next
Near the site of last year’s Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster, scientists have noticed something disturbing— butterflies in the region have been developing noticeable mutations. Not like giant movie monster mutations, but I assume giant mutated butterflies attacking Tokyo is probably the next step.
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posted 15 August, 2012
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Radiation safety posters from 1947 don’t warn about the awesome super powers radiation can give you
These radiation safety posters from the Oak Ridge National Lab from 1947 are charming and informative, though I’m disappointed that there’s nothing about the possible god-like superpowers radiation can give you. Warning: Getting bitten by a radioactive spider could be AWESOME.
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posted 08 February, 2012
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Sooo… Fukushima probably released twice as much radiation as Japan previously estimated
The Fukushima nuclear disaster released twice as much of a radioactive substance into the atmosphere as Japanese authorities estimated, reaching 40 percent of the total from Chernobyl, a preliminary report says. The original estimates were based just on readings from Japan, whereas this new report measures radiation blown out past the islands.
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posted 28 October, 2011
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The Radioactive Orchestra: Making beautiful music from radioactive decay
To help illustrate the process of radioactive decay, Swedish nuclear scientists and musicians teamed up and formed the Radioactive Orchestra, which translate the isotopes’ different energy levels into sound frequencies. The results sound pretty avant garde, but it’s a cool idea. If you want to try your hand making radioactive music, you can do so at the Radioactive Orchestra website.
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posted 17 August, 2011
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Gilbert Atomic Energy Lab Toy, from back when radiation was cool and fun and your parents sucked if you didn’t get uranium for Christmas.
Kid today just don’t get enough U-238 in their toys. That’s what’s wrong with this country! According to Wiki, this thing sold for $49.50 ($458.99 in 2011 US dollars) in 1950-51.
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posted 26 July, 2011
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JAPANESE NUCLEAR RABBIT PANIC
Okay, so it’s not quite as awesome as it sounds. A rabbit born without ears in the Fukushima exclusion zone has many residents panicking that the harmful radiation levels are far higher than they’ve been told. No surprise there. But it’s sort of disappointing that this story is about a small earless rabbit and not a 200 foot tall green glowing bunny bearing down on Tokyo. Sigh… movies let me down again.
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posted 06 June, 2011
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Don’t worry west coast Americans, the Japanese death cloud won’t kill you. It’ll just be a very light sprinkling of inconvenience.
If you live on the west coast of the US or Canada and you’ve been hearing a whole lot of scary shit and if you’ve been trying to stock up on iodine pills, the good news is that the radioactive plume from Japan won’t kill you, or even turn you into some sort of super mutant. Yes, the cloud will reach you, but it will be pretty diluted by the time it gets here and according to officials, it won’t pose any significant health risk. Take that as you will.
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posted 17 March, 2011
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