America, land of suckers: Why we keep falling for miracle cures and scams
America: land of possibility. And also: land of suckers. Our enduring belief that anything is possible — whether…
Vest that US-Israeli startup helped make can cut astronauts’ exposure in solar storms, study suggests
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP) — A new study suggests a protective vest tested on a manikin during NASA’s…
Anatoli Bugorski survived a proton beam to the head
On June 3, 1978, Soviet physicist Anatoli Bugorski was checking malfunctioning equipment on the U-70 synchrotron — the…
Can smartphones cause cancer? Oncologist explains what radiation from phones actually means for your health
Smartphones have become an indispensable part of daily life. Without them, routines can tumble like Jenga pieces, whether…
Chernobyl’s wildlife boom challenges what scientists know about radiation
Jim Smith has spent more than three decades studying one of the world’s most infamous environmental disasters: Chernobyl.…
Student Captures Cosmic Radiation on Film by Sending Negative to Space
HELIOS II by Tom Liggett. Most of the colors captured here were caused by cosmic radiation that came…
Can Some Very Tiny Particles Cool the Planet? One Tech Company Says Yes.
A company at the forefront of solar geoengineering — the notion that blocking radiation from the sun could…
40 Years Ago, a Nuclear Catastrophe at Chernobyl
The reactor exploded early on April 26, 1986, sending a column of fire and radioactive debris high above…
Gravitational background radiation from early universe, predicted by αLGQV framework, may have been detected
Spectral index comparison showing that the αLGQV prediction matches NANOGrav observations better than the standard supermassive black hole…
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Has Detected an Unusual Signal from the Early Universe—Could It Be Home to the First Stars?
A discovery made possible by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope may have revealed, for the first time, evidence…
Everything You Need to Know About Cell Phone Radiation
5 min readRFK Jr. suggests radiation from cell phones and 5G towers may cause cancer and other neurological…
Chinese surgery robot outperforms humans, cuts brain imaging time by 29%
Chinese researchers have developed a surgical robot that can perform complex brain imaging nearly 30 per cent faster…