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Nuclear Explosion One Millisecond After Detonation
This isn't your grandfather's mushroom cloud. Actually, it is. Taken in 1952, this eerie photo captures a nuclear explosion mid-birth.
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Video: Mutant Earless Bunny From Fukushima
The bunny, born without ears, might be evidence of radioactive contamination in Japan. Some fear the mutant bunny is a result of the nuclear disaster following the massive March earthquake and tsunami. Unless, of course, it's just a random birth defect. Every credible scientist in the world is leaning strongly toward the latter.
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First Photos Of The Fukushima 50
Culture Buzz The first images of the remaining employees at Japan's Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, dubbed “The Fukushima 50,” as they expose themselves to dangerous levels of radiation in a desperate attempt to prevent a full nuclear meltdown. These photos were released by Tokyo Electric Power Co., showing the employees as they scramble to return power to the failing nuclear reactors. The whole world is rooting for them.
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Link: The Search for Safe Nuclear Power
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/03/the...
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If that's not an oxymoron.
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Art By Atomic Bomb Survivors In Japan
Culture Buzz From an MIT exhibit called Ground Zero 1945: Pictures By Atomic Bomb Survivors, stunning and tragic pieces of art from those who witnessed the horrors of Nagasaki and Hiroshima. These have eerie parallels with some of the scenes of destruction we see in Japan today. WARNING: Many of these portraits are disturbing.
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Art For Japan
Culture Buzz A collection of artwork attempting to raise money for relief efforts in Japan. Despite all of the tranny taco shop brawls and farting Charlie Sheens, sometimes the internet can do good. Links to the individual artist or fundraising page are provided if you feel like chipping in.
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Link: At California Nuclear Plant, Earthquake Response Plan Not Required
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/16/california-nucle...
But the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant sits less than a mile from an offshore fault line.
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Image: Creepy Statue At Japan’s Nuclear Power Plant
A statue of children dancing on an atom in front of the Fukushima Daini power plant, site of Japan's steadily worsening nuclear crisis. Now a tragic, ironic symbol.
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Link: Nuclear Power Plants: Ranking America's Most Vulnerable
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2011-03-16...
With the nuclear crisis in Japan growing hourly, The Daily Beast rates the vulnerability of all 65 U.S. nuclear facilities.
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Children Of Afghanistan Offer Support For Japan
Culture Buzz The residents of Bamiyan, Afghanistan held a vigil in support of Japan. The children, in particular, were eager to offer help. Kids say the darnedest things that melt your heart and reaffirm your faith in humanity.
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Link: How Nuclear Power Plants Work
http://www.theawl.com/2011/03/how-nuclear-power-plants-work
It's basically a very dangerous way to boil water.
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10 Symptoms Of Radiation Sickness
Science Buzz The nuclear emergency in Japan continues to escalate. Dangerous levels of radiation are leaking from the earthquake-damaged reactors at Fukushima Dai-ichi and incidents are feared at other power plants. Those working to contain the meltdowns or living nearby are at the greatest risk. Here is what radiation sickness looks like.
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Link: Japan's Nuclear Crisis: Let's Cool the Political Meltdown
http://www.slate.com/id/2288212/
The political wrangling over nuclear power in the United States just got a lot more complicated.
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Video: Hydrogen Explosion At Fukushima Number 3 Reactor
Here's another explosion at the Fukushima power plant. An unfortunate series of events.
