While we often get a detailed backstory of the projects we cover here at Hackaday, sometimes the genesis of a build is a bit ...

Unlike the burning of dirty fuels for energy, fusion doesn't release carbon dioxide, which is one of the main drivers of ...

After the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster, radiation measurement became newly relevant for a lot of people. Geiger-Müller tubes, previously a curiosity, became simultaneously important and ...

Everything around us is flowing with radioactive energy. Take the bananas in your kitchen, which are loaded with potassium -- they build muscle strength and make your heart healthy. And a tiny ...

During a congressional hearing Wednesday, Republican Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy warned legislators about radioactive shrimp that “could turn you into the ‘Alien.'” “Mr. President, this is a ...

Generally, thin window Geiger-Mueller (GM) probes are best suited to detect beta radiation with energies above 70 keV while sodium iodide (NaI) scintillators are best for gamma radiation. For campus ...

Fallout 76 is finally letting players become ghouls, but Bethesda should take some cues from The Elder Scrolls and keep running with the idea. What's more is that players playing as a ghoul can still ...

When Nevada inherited the closed Beatty low-level nuclear waste dump in 1997, it accepted $9 million from the company that had operated it for decades to ensure that the waste — some of it tainted ...

NASA's Van Allen Probes have been exploring the radiation belts surrounding Earth for just three months. But already, they've collected measurements of high-energy particles and radio waves in ...

Jack Gordon uses a radiation meter to test common foods. Discover which everyday foods, like bananas and Brazil nuts, are secretly radioactive! 'Dances with Wolves' actor Graham Greene dies at 73 ...