radiation
Science
How Mobile Phones Are Changing Our Brains
12:00PM Chris Jacob | We’ve spent a lot of time this week discussing how we can use technology to change our bodies. But according to new research, one of the gadgets we rely on daily is already having a measurable effect on our brains. More »
Science
NASA To Bomb Monkeys With Gamma Radiation
4:40AM Jesus Diaz | Dear NASA, I love you, but come on… monkey radiation tests? What is this? The ’50s? Are you going to resuscitate J. Edgar Hoover next? Didn’t you guys see Matthew Broderick and Helen Hunt saving the monkeys in Project X? More »
Random Stuff
The True, Heartbreaking Faces Of The Nuclear Era
12:04PM Jesus Diaz | Sometimes I write about high-tech weapons. There’s something fascinating about the technological terror that humans have been developing to obliterate each other for centuries, so it’s easy to forget about the real consequences of this mad race. Warning: graphic images. More »
Random Stuff
Programming Error Results In Radiation Overdoses
4:00PM Rosa Golijan | In attempt to get better data, a hospital overrode default protocol on a CT scanner over a year ago. Now they’ve realised that they made a little mistake and have been giving people eight times the acceptable doses of radiation. More »
Peripherals
12:00PM Rosa Golijan | Be honest: That talk about mobile phone radiation scares you a teeny-weeny-itsy-bitsy-bit, doesn’t it? Me too. Fortunately there are mobile phone docks which’ll spare you from a whoppin’ 96% of the evil, cancer-causing energy. Or so the designers of this one claim. More »
Moshimy iPhone Dock Protects You From 96% Of Radiation
12:00PM Rosa Golijan | Be honest: That talk about mobile phone radiation scares you a teeny-weeny-itsy-bitsy-bit, doesn’t it? Me too. Fortunately there are mobile phone docks which’ll spare you from a whoppin’ 96% of the evil, cancer-causing energy. Or so the designers of this one claim. More »
Phones
A Guide To Mobile Phone Radiation So You Don’t Fry Your Brains
12:20AM Jesus Diaz | The Environmental Working Group claims that recent studies show higher tumour risk in long-term mobile phone users. They admit that more research is needed but, just in case, they have created this mobile phone radiation ranking. Guess who gets a bad grade. More »
Design
The ‘Space Snuggie’ Could Protect Astronauts From Radiation
8:40AM Sean Fallon | Thanks to students at North Carolina State University (my alma matter), looking like a tool may extend beyond the surly bonds of Earth. Their “Space Snuggie” concept could shield future astronauts from radiation. More »
Random Stuff
Soviet Atomic Lighthouses Are Both Spooky and Deadly
10:51PM Jesus Diaz | Once upon a time, back when people in Russia used big moustaches and sent other people to Siberia, there were no GPS or tacky mobile phones. But they had atomic lighthouses to light the Artic shores. More »
Science
Mobile Phones Cause Kidney Stones and Heart Disease Now
9:40AM Sean Fallon | Just days after preliminary data gathered in the largest mobile phone cancer study thoroughly depressed us, a new study claims that exposure causes red blood cells to leak hemoglobin—leading to kidney stones and heart disease. More »
Peripherals
