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Stories about: radiation poisoning

What Is a Dirty Bomb? A dirty bomb is a simple explosive device used not so much to produce extensive damage but to contaminate a designated spot with radioactive materials. It is often associated with nuclear bombs, although it doesn't have anything in common with them aside from being an explosive device that uses small amounts of ... 2 June 2008 08:49 GMT Fungi Could Stabilize Depleted Uranium Fragments Depleted uranium, being twice as dense as lead, is often used by the military to develop armor penetrating weapons. This means that material containing hazardous radioactive uranium-235 could be spread throughout the battlefield into tiny fragments practically impossible to collect. Therefore the area remains partial... 6 May 2008 03:53 GMT Mars: Planet of the Apes Laika preceded the first manned spaceflight; why can't macaques preceed the first manned flight to Mars? According to Russian scientists, they can and they will. The first living being to the Martian system will most likely be a monkey, not a man. The reason is very simple and easy to guess; radiation poses too ... 14 April 2008 10:14 GMT