Radioactive Chernobyl black frogs show evolution in action
Research on Chernobyl frogs has shown that the ionising radiation caused by the accident triggered a process of natural selection ...
Tag: radiation
Your favorite fruits may have come from radioactive plants. Meet the wonderous ‘gamma gardens’
The number of mutant plant varieties on the market is unknown.
Martian cave entrances may offer the perfect radiation shelter for human settlements
Mars is bombarded by a ton of radiation. But cave entrances block most of these dangerous rays.
Wild boar-pig hybrids now roaming radioactive Fukushima wasteland
The wild boars have no predators and have interbred with domestic pigs left behind by humans.
Uranus is leaking radiation, researchers say
Some headline formats never get old.
A fungus from Chernobyl could protect astronauts from radiation
It can covert radioactive energy into chemical energy
New curing method paves the way to cheap, non-toxic, plastic radiation shielding
This could be used in fields ranging from medicine to space exploration.
Myth Busted: Debunking the Alleged 5G/Coronavirus Connection
Social media is packed with suggestions that the COVID-19 pandemic sweeping the globe is somehow connected to the implementation of ...
Wildlife is doing just fine at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster site
The team found that the "level of human activity, elevation and habitat type" had a larger effect on wildlife than ...
Antarctic ozone hole at its smallest recorded size ever
Who said size doesn't matter?
Sonic black hole confirms Hawking radiation theory
A novel quantum simulator offers unique insights about the 'guts' of a black hole.
“Wearable microbrewery” could serve as radiation exposure marker
Yeast badges could be the radiation sensors of the future.
Victim’s jawbone shows shocking intensity of Hiroshima nuclear attack
The victim was less than a mile away from the blast's center, with devastating effects.
Physical, encryption-like method could help the world finally get rid of nukes
"You can hack electronics, but you can't hack physics," says lead author Areg Danagoulian.
We’ve just found the earliest traces of hydrogen, showing when the first-ever stars ignited
We've learned a lot about the early universe.
Massive flare in the Proxima Centauri system puts its habitability into question
Flares like this one are powerful enough to turn the planet into a hellscape.
The Ever-changing and Skepticized Van Allen Belts
Each of the two belts surrounds the Earth in a sort of doughnut-shaped formation.
Adding irradiated plastic makes for stronger concrete, cuts CO2 emissions
A creative solution could ease concrete's strain on the environment.
Powerful solar storm sparks the brightest Auroras on Mars we’ve recorded
The aurora was triggered by a solar storm which doubled radiation levels on the planet's surface.
