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: The ‘Dangers’ of Radioactivity
Tag: experiment
Deaths in Space: The Karman Line & 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: 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.
The Huemul Project: Nuclear Fake News in the 1950s
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.
Lucky Dragon 5: The First Lives Claimed by the Hydrogen Bomb
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.
The British Doctor’s Study: The Link Between Smoking and Lung Cancer
In science, you often hear the phrase 'correlation does not equal causation'. It is a ubiquitous line in science that often requires a lot of explaining. One of the best ways to demonstrate correlation vs causation is a website by Tyler Vigen called Spurious Correlations. For example (see below), as the US government spends on… Continue reading The British Doctor’s Study: The Link Between Smoking and Lung Cancer
inquestion. 