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We Asked Two Experts if We Should Be Worried About the Islamic State Getting Nuclear Weapons
They told us that there's no reason to lose your shit about the prospect of terrorists getting "nukes" on the black market. But it would be possible for them to acquire some kinds of radioactive material.
Wildfires Could Make Chernobyl More Radioactive
Because of climate change, the area is expected to become ten degrees hotter by the end of the century, which could cause more frequent and more intense fires — and the Ukrainian government is ill prepared to deal with the problem.
The US Has a New, Super-Accurate Atomic Clock
Three times as accurate as its predecessor, it'll only lose a second over 300 million years.
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Toxic Tuna
Fukushima's fish are at consumable levels but still contain various and complex ranges of radioactivity.
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