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FYI: How Does Nuclear Radiation Do Its Damage?
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FYI: How Does Nuclear Radiation Do Its Damage?

Or, why everyone is stocking up on iodine tablets

Experimental “Body Reboot” Drug Begins Trial As Preemptive Preventer Of Diabetes
Diabetes

Experimental “Body Reboot” Drug Begins Trial As Preemptive Preventer Of Diabetes

New ESO Image Captures Baby Stars Causing Chaos in the Nursery
Technology

New ESO Image Captures Baby Stars Causing Chaos in the Nursery

After Earth: Why, Where, How, and When We Might Leave Our Home Planet
Solar System

After Earth: Why, Where, How, and When We Might Leave Our Home Planet

Humanity may have millennia to find a new home in the universe--or just a few years

Robonaut Is Unboxed At Long Last
Technology

Robonaut Is Unboxed At Long Last

Hitchhiking to Space on a Soyuz Gets More Expensive As NASA Signs New Deal with Russia
Technology

Hitchhiking to Space on a Soyuz Gets More Expensive As NASA Signs New Deal with Russia

How One Man Waged War Against Gravity
Physics

How One Man Waged War Against Gravity

The story of Roger Babson, gravity's sworn enemy, and his Gravity Research Foundation

How Nuclear Reactors Work, And How They Fail
Energy

How Nuclear Reactors Work, And How They Fail

Several of Japan's nuclear power plants are experiencing serious damage from the earthquake and ensuing tsunami. Here's what you need to know to understand the news, as it happens

Scientists Say They May Have Found Lost City of Atlantis Near Spain
Archaeology

Scientists Say They May Have Found Lost City of Atlantis Near Spain

Polar-Mounted Laser Could Zap Space Junk, Protecting Satellites and the Space Station
International Space Station

Polar-Mounted Laser Could Zap Space Junk, Protecting Satellites and the Space Station

Meet Japan’s Earthquake Search-and-Rescue Robots
Robots

Meet Japan’s Earthquake Search-and-Rescue Robots

The combination of vulnerability to earthquakes and a natural affinity for robotics has led to a surplus of Japanese rescue robots

This Week in the Future, March 7-11, 2011
Technology

This Week in the Future, March 7-11, 2011

Next Week Messenger Probe Will Become First Craft To Orbit Mercury
Technology

Next Week Messenger Probe Will Become First Craft To Orbit Mercury

Gray Matter: A Foil Boat Floating On An Invisible Sea
Projects

Gray Matter: A Foil Boat Floating On An Invisible Sea

You can’t see them, but other gases can collect in places where we expect there to be air

Swedes, Danes Consider Dumping Postage Stamps for Codes Sent Via Text
Technology

Swedes, Danes Consider Dumping Postage Stamps for Codes Sent Via Text

Golf Cart Powered by the Spirit (and Engine) of a Truck
Projects

Golf Cart Powered by the Spirit (and Engine) of a Truck

My Visit to An American Rare Earth Metals Mine
Energy

My Visit to An American Rare Earth Metals Mine

The electronic future is buried under the ground in Missouri

Largest Undersea Cable Ever Could Export Iceland’s Abundant Geothermal Power to the Rest of Europe
Renewables

Largest Undersea Cable Ever Could Export Iceland’s Abundant Geothermal Power to the Rest of Europe

Australian Robots Communicate With Each Other By Blowing Coded Vortices of Air
Technology

Australian Robots Communicate With Each Other By Blowing Coded Vortices of Air

Video: Drones Perform Closest-Ever Autonomous Refueling Maneuver
Technology

Video: Drones Perform Closest-Ever Autonomous Refueling Maneuver