Radiation Risks in WWII-Era Sextants and Camera Lenses
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Dr. Zoomie! Going through the cabinets of a few recently retired engineers at work I ...
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Cs-137 in Wine: Detecting Fake Bottles with Nuclear Science
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So I was watching an old episode of White Collar where they were trying to ...
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The Highest Am-241 Exposure in History: Lessons from Hanford
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Hi, Dr. Z! This story came up in my feed about some guy at Hanford ...
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How Accurate Was HBO’s Chernobyl? A Scientist’s Perspective
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Hello, Dr. Zoomie – I recently streamed the HBO miniseries on Chernobyl and I’ve got ...
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Olympic Surfers and Radiation: Are They at Risk?
By Dr. Zoomie
Hey Dr. Zoomie! Hope you’re back from your astronomy conference; I saw something a little ...
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Kelvin, Rutherford, and Calculating the Age of the Earth
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Every civilization, every culture, every religion has its stories about how the Universe came to ...
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How Does Isotopic Dating Work?
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Dear Dr. Zoomie – every now and again I read about isotopic dating being used ...
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Olden Days of Radium: Patent Medicine’s Risky Practice?
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Patent medicine – with radioactivity! Hey Dr. Z – I heard something about people actually ...
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The Bomb: A Deep Dive into the Oppenheimer Film
By Dr. Zoomie
Hey Dr. Zoomie – I’ve heard about the new Oppenheimer movie. It sounds pretty good…but ...
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The Unseen Danger: A Close Look at The Radium Girls
By Dr. Zoomie
The Radium Girls Hi, Dr. Zoomie – so I’ve been reading this book called The ...
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