"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." One of the most haunting moments in the 2019 hit series, Chernobyl, features liquidators shoveling ...

In last month’s column (Herald. Oct. 6), I discussed how fear of nuclear radiation on the part of the general public was causing governments, most recently Japan and Germany, to make serious mistakes ...

The clicking of a Geiger counter is well enough known as a signifier of radioactive materials, due to it providing the menacing sound effect any time a film or TV show deals with radiation. What we’re ...

We all know the clicking of Geiger counters from movies, and we all know that the faster the counter clicks, the worse things are. But how exactly do they work? There are three types of radiation, ...

On the outside, a Geiger counter seems like a complicated thing. And you might think a device that detects a dangerous, mostly invisible threat like radiation should be complicated. But they’re ...

In her paranormal research, professional ghost hunter Gloria Young uses a $20 Geiger counter, which measures radiation. They normally click at regular intervals, but irregular clicks could be ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." Geiger counters are used to detect and measure levels of radioactivity. Scientists invented the ...