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  • August 2008

    • Japan Warned of Nuclear Leak from US Sub

      Associated Press  |  Aug 2, 08 10:10 AM CDT

      Japan Warned of Nuclear Leak from US Sub

      (AP) - The US Navy has warned Japan that a small amount of radiation may have leaked from an American nuclear submarine during its recent visits to two southern ports. The US said the amount of radioactivity was negligible, but the news could cause a stir in Japan, where both the US military presence and its nuclear vessels are controversial. More »

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      Japan  • US Navy  • nuclear  • radiation  • submarine

  • July 2008

    • Nation Cooking on Radioactive Countertops

      New York Times  |  Jul 24, 08 10:07 AM CDT

      Nation Cooking on Radioactive Countertops

      (Newser) - Granite countertops have become exceedingly popular, but few realize the dapper slabs can be radioactive, the New York Times reports. Granite often contains uranium, and reports have been flowing in of “hot” counters giving off higher-than-recommended levels of radon gas. “It’s not that all granite is dangerous,” said one expert. “But I’ve seen a few that might heat up your Cheerios a little.” More »

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      cancer  • uranium  • radiation  • home improvement  • kitchen

    • Kennedy Doing Well, Wife Reports

      Associated Press  |  Jul 7, 08 4:05 PM CDT

      Kennedy Doing Well, Wife Reports

      (Newser) - Ted Kennedy is responding well to cancer treatment, according to his wife, Vicki. Although he's experiencing some fatigue—a “word that has never been in Teddy’s vocabulary before”—he is exercising every morning and sailing nearly every day. The venerable senator is halfway through 6 weeks of radiation and chemotherapy, the AP reports. More »

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      Ted Kennedy  • brain cancer  • chemotherapy  • radiation  • sailing  • Victoria Reggie Kennedy

    • Earth Hits Cosmic Pitch

      Space.com  |  Jul 1, 08 3:55 PM CDT

      Earth Hits Cosmic Pitch

      (Newser) - Earth’s atmosphere produces a natural sound and beams it off into the universe, Space.com reports. The sound—a painful series of chirps and whistles—is made by the collision of charged particles from the solar wind with Earth’s magnetic field. More »

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      space  • radio  • Earth  • aliens  • solar system  • radiation  • sound  • solar wind

  • June 2008

    • 10 Who Were Blinded (or Worse) by Science

      List Universe  |  Jun 12, 08 7:45 AM CDT

      10 Who Were Blinded (or Worse) by Science

      (Newser) - Knowledge may be power, but finding that knowledge can get you killed. List Universe ranks the top scientists killed or injured by their experiments. Galileo Galilei: The “father of modern physics” refined the telescope by staring at the sun for hours, resulting in near-blindness. Michael Faraday: A nitrogen chloride explosion halted Faraday’s research of the electro-magnetic field and caused chronic suffering from his chemical poisoning. More »

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      list  • science  • death  • radiation  • invention  • experiments  • Galileo

  • April 2008
  • October 2007

    • Radiation Weapon Plot Comes to Light

      Associated Press  |  Oct 8, 07 3:22 PM CDT

      Radiation Weapon Plot Comes to Light

      (Newser) - Newly declassified Army documents reveal the US mulled the use of a radioactive weapon to assassinate “important individuals” and contaminate “critical areas for long periods of time.” The heavily censored records date to 1948 and show the weapon was approved for development at the highest levels, reports the AP, which originally requested the documents in 1995. More »

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      Japan  • US Army  • nuclear weapons  • censorship  • Cold War  • radiation  • atomic bomb

  • August 2007

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