Radiation is fascinating. In the early years after its discovery it caused untold horrors and life altering changes to those who knew no better.
Glow in the Dark: What are the Dangers of Radioactivity?
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Deaths in Space: What is the Karman Line and who was Aboard Soyuz 11?
When answering the question "how many people have died in space?" there are answer can either be 3 or 19.
The Polio Vaccine and Jonas Salk: Earn Billions or Save Millions?
Polio was once a scourge upon the world but through the selflessness of one individual, Jonas Salk, polio is on its way to being pages in a history book.
Nuclear Fake News: What Was The Huemul Project?
Harnessing the power of stars has, quite predictably, not been easy. Ever since Arthur Eddington first described nuclear fusion in the 1920's, we have been looking to harness its potential. Thirty years after this discovery, on a small island in a lake in Argentina, the world would be sold fusion in a bottle.
The First Lives Claimed by the Hydrogen Bomb: What was Lucky Dragon 5?
The Japanese may have believed they were at the end of nuclear weapons incidents at the hands of the Americans, but less than a decade since the Japanese surrender, there was another first in Japan. The world's first death from a hydrogen bomb.
Britain’s Chernobyl: What Was The Windscale Fire?
The International Nuclear Event Scale lists around six nuclear disasters at the top end of its Level 1 to Level 7 categorising system. At the top of this scale, Level 7, of course, sits the now infamous Chernobyl and Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disasters occurring in present-day Ukraine and Japan, respectively. Some recognise others… Continue reading Britain’s Chernobyl: What Was The Windscale Fire?
Why the Density of Ice and Water is so Important to Life on Earth?
Life on Earth is always an interesting topic. It often does centre around Biology and how evolution forms a prehistoric prokaryote mutating and evolving into the wide array of life that we see on Earth, but Physics plays its part. Specifically, with density. The phenomenon of the density of water is responsible for life on… Continue reading Why the Density of Ice and Water is so Important to Life on Earth?
The $150 Million Lesson in Getting Units Right: How did the Mars Climate Orbiter Crash?
As a science teacher, one of the most common phrases I always say is "UNITS". Every science teacher has that one line that they always use that usually goes something like: "50 what? 50 bananas? 50 apples? 50 joules? Yes, 50 joules!" In an aim to reduce how much I have to say this line,… Continue reading The $150 Million Lesson in Getting Units Right: How did the Mars Climate Orbiter Crash?
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