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Death watches in 1920: the manipulator does not die and is disabled
Have you ever thought about wearing a watch only to make yourself in danger? This will happen, if your watch was built in the United States in the 1920s.
Radioactive Contamination
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How much radioactivity is absorbed by humans every day?
People are often concerned about radiation exposure that may affect their health. It is true that exposure to very large amounts of radiation can cause serious damage to…
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Uncover the secret to help animals survive the Chernobyl disaster
Biologists have discovered the secret to help some animals and birds survive in the Chernobyl quarantine.
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Evidence makes you 'stunned' about radiation contamination
Not only does it affect human health, radiation can last for hundreds of years, or maybe even
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How many bananas will be killed by ... radioactive contamination?
If you eat 8 million bananas at the same time, you will die from serious radiation exposure.
History
The deadly ashes died from the first American thermonuclear bomb test
Due to miscalculation, America's largest destructive thermonuclear bomb test, Castle Bravo in 1954, created a major ecological and environmental disaster.
Biology
Found a mutant spider web because of radioactive contamination
Scientists are investigating a strange white spider web found in a facility containing nuclear waste. They were afraid that the spider web might have been mutated becaus…
Environment
Radioactivity in Fukushima is so high that the probe camera's camera is burned
A robot dispatched to the Fukushima leak reactor to investigate and clean up had to abruptly cancel its mission, after the extremely high radiation level here burned its…
Environment
Japan intends to vaporize contaminated water in Fukushima
Japan is considering measures to evaporate or store contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant, replacing the way to discharge water into the ocean.
Environment
Accumulated contamination of Fukushima workers is still high
Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) said on March 1 that the cumulative radiation exposure of workers at the Fukushima No.1 Nuclear Power Plant for a period of one year…
Environment
Fukushima workers died not because of radiation
The UN representative said the cause of death of six workers who worked at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan and died after the earthquake disaster - the tsunam…
Environment
Therapy saves 80% of radiation victims
Scientists at the Dana-Farber Cancer Research Institute in Boston have successfully developed treatment, which can increase the chances of survival for high-concentratio…
Environment
Japanese nuclear power plant needs 30 years to
An expert panel of the Japan Atomic Energy Commission concluded that the Fukushima nuclear power plant could only stop completely after at least three decades.
Environment
Tokyo has a higher radiation exposure point in Fukushima
The Japanese authorities have just discovered at a primary school in Tokyo that the amount of radiation is higher than the amount of radiation in areas near the Fukushim…
Environment
Japan tested 300,000 children for suspected radioactivity
Japanese health officials are now beginning to examine more than 300,000 children living near the Fukushima nuclear plant, which was badly damaged in the March earthquak…