Radiation

Popular culture makes radiation seem pretty scary, and frequently it is. But we encounter way more radiation in our day-to-day life than you might think, from radio waves to visible light. Come explore the whole spectrum of radiation on this week's Tangents!

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[Trivia Question]

Cladosporium sphaerospermum fungus blockade

https://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Cladosporium_sphaerospermum

https://www.universetoday.com/153283/fungi-were-able-to-absorb-radiation-on-the-iss-could-astronauts-grow-their-own-radiation-shields-in-space/

https://www.nature.com/news/2007/070521/full/news070521-5.html

[Fact Off]

Atomic energy Boy Scout badge & superfund site

https://harpers.org/archive/1998/11/the-radioactive-boy-scout/

https://www.dangerouslaboratories.org/radscout.html

Louise Reiss and the Baby Tooth Survey

https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/basic-ref/glossary/bone-seeker.html

https://dhss.delaware.gov/dph/files/strontiumfaq.pdf

https://www.stltoday.com/lifestyles/health-med-fit/health/decades-later-baby-tooth-survey-legacy-lives-on/article_c5ad9492-fd75-5aed-897f-850fbdba24ee.html

https://www.prismjournal.org/uploads/1/2/5/6/125661607/v11-no1-a1.pdf

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.134.3491.1669

https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0721/ML072150423.pdf

[Ask the Science Couch]

Determining biological effects/lethal dose of radiation

https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/fact-sheets/bio-effects-radiation.html

https://www.science.org/content/article/how-atomic-bomb-survivors-have-transformed-our-understanding-radiation-s-impacts

https://www.rerf.or.jp/en/about/

https://dceg.cancer.gov/research/how-we-study/exposure-assessment/nci-dose-estimation-predicted-cancer-risk-residents-marshall-islands

https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/genetic-effects-chernobyl-radiation-exposure

https://www.radioactivity.eu.com/site/pages/Doses_Classification.htm

[Butt One More Thing]

Radioactive rabbit poop near Hanford

https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/15/science/earth/15rabbit.html