News

Europe’s Mysterious Radiation Cloud May Be Coming From Hungary

The radioactive element iodine-131 has been spreading around Europe in heightened concentrations and everyone is confused as to why it is happening or who is responsible. Hungary thinks they know who: the Budapest-based Institute of Isotopes.


November 16, 2011
Geek Out

These Are The Most Horrible Clowns I’ve Seen

Somebody in Hungary thought that designing high voltage towers in a shape that vaguely resembles a clown is a good idea. As if high voltage towers and their potential cancer-inducing powers weren’t terrifying enough. Somebody needs to get fired.


September 12, 2011
Entertainment

This 3D Photo Documentary Is Like Walking Into The 1930s

The images here, mapped in 3D by documentarian Miklós Falvay, depict the first Hungarian petrol station and the people who frequented it. Titled Motalko, it’s something like stepping into the Great Gatsby or a Hemingway novel.


October 13, 2010
Science

Hungary’s Toxic Sludge Viewed From Space

With workers racing to build emergency dams in an effort to prevent a second catastrophe, new satellite imagery from NASA shows the horrifying scale of the toxic sludge spill that has killed eight and inundated three villages in Hungary.


October 7, 2010
Science

Toxic Spill In Hungary Could Take One Year To Clean Up

The toxic red sludge spill in Hungary that killed four people on Monday could take a year to clean up, authorities there said. Meanwhile, workers are still trying to stop the spill from spreading to the Danube and Raba rivers.


October 6, 2010
Science

Toxic, Burning Mud Puts Hungary In State Of Emergency

You might not know what alumina is – neither did I. But hundreds of Hungarians now do, after torrents of the stuff poured out of a plant and through their villages, prompting the country to declare a state of emergency.