The FDA Is on the Verge of Approving the First Drug Treatment for Radiation Poisoning
Monkeys exposed to radiation are responding to a blood-boosting drug used to treat chemo patients. Could humans?
Articles tagged "nuclear war"
Perusing the Blast Door Cave Art of Nuclear Armageddon
Imagine that this is your job. You have an office of sorts located 30 or more feet underground somewhere in the American Great Plains. The office is shaped roughly like a small submarine, with concrete and steel reinforced walls, one access shaft/ent…
How the BBC's Threads Outfroze Most Anything Else In Film Forever
It came to my attention a couple weeks ago that _Threads_, the 1984 BBC docu-drama about the aftermath of a nuclear war, is now available for free viewing on Google Video (and, thus, here). There exist many dark, soul-freezing, plain old fucked up mo…
The War Game, a Period Portrait of Nuclear War
In 1964, Harold Wilson was elected Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on "promises by him":http://cadair.aber.ac.uk/dspace/bitstream/handle/2160/7174/Wilson%20and%20the%20Bomb.%20CADAIR%20version.pdf?sequence=1 and his Labour Party to disarm Britai…
