SciShow
How Movies and TV Get Radiation Sickness Wrong
Radiation sickness been portrayed in movies and television for more than 50 years. And those portrayals vary a lot. But if there’s one thing pretty much all these portrayals have in common, it’s that they get radiation sickness wrong—at...
SciShow
The Only Radiation Units You Need to Know
In order to have a meaningful conversation about the dangers of radiation exposure, it’s important to be clear about just how much radiation we are dealing with. Unfortunately, the units we use are kind of a mess… but SciShow is here...
Wonderscape
The Fukushima Disaster: Japan's Nuclear Crisis
This video explores the Fukushima nuclear disaster of 2011, triggered by Japan's most powerful earthquake and a devastating tsunami. Learn how natural forces overwhelmed the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, leading to reactor meltdowns,...
Wonderscape
The Chernobyl Disaster: A Nuclear Catastrophe
This video explores the events of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, where a reactor explosion released massive amounts of radiation into the atmosphere. Learn about the causes, the immediate response, and the long-term effects on the...
Curated Video
Can Switching Off WiFi and Mobile Data Protect You From Radiation?
Simply switching off your phone data won’t completely eliminate radio wave emissions, even when your phone is on standby mode. This is because the phone needs to be connected to a nearby cell tower to be online and available for calls...
NASA
Houston We Have a Podcast: Hazard 1: Radiation
Dr. Zarana Patel, a portfolio lead scientist at NASA's Johnson Space Center, is responsible for management and scientific oversight of degenerative tissue risk of space radiation. This is part one of a five-part series on the hazards of...
NASA
NASA in Silicon Valley: Marianne Sowa and Jack Miller Discuss Radiation Science Using GeneLab
A conversation with and Marianne Sowa, branch chief of the Space Biosciences Research branch at NASA's Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, and Jack Miller, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, about radiation science using GeneLab.
JJ Medicine
Thyroid Cancer (Papillary, Follicular, Medullary & Anaplastic) | Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
Thyroid cancer (thyroid carcinoma) is cancer of the thyroid gland, an endocrine gland involved in producing thyroid hormones such as T3 and T4. Thyroid cancer accounts for approximately 1% of all cancers, and several factors increase the...
NASA
Houston We Have a Podcast: The Human Element
Aaron Allcorn and Tom Williams discuss NASA’s efforts to understand the optimal spaceflight environment that maximizes human performance. This is part two of a six part series on NASA’s Human Research Program. HWHAP Episode 124.
NASA
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 32, Europa Clipper Small Steps, Giant Leaps
Europa Clipper Project System Engineer Jennifer Dooley discusses NASA’s outer planets flagship mission.
Curated Video
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 21, NASA Human Research Program Small Steps, Giant Leaps
NASA Human Research Program Director Bill Paloski discusses methods and technologies to support safe, productive human space travel to the Moon and Mars.
Curated Video
Manhattan Project Human Experiments
When scientists at the top secret 'Manhattan project' wanted to discover how radioactive bomb materials could affect the human body – they secretly injected terminally ill patients with uranium to find out.
The Backyard Scientist
How 'Bright' is Deadly Radiation?
I was curious how bright a deadly dose of radiation would be after I watched Chernobyl. Hopefully this video helps you visualize what a dangerous dose of radiation would look like.
Curated Video
People fearing radiation exposure from a series of nuclear accidents on the northeastern Japan coast in the aftermath of Friday's earthquakes and tsunami line up to be tested at a gymnasium in the city of Koriyama.
HEADLINE: Raw Video: Lining up for radiation exposure scan
CAPTION: People fearing radiation exposure from a series of nuclear accidents on the northeastern Japan coast in the aftermath of Friday's earthquakes and tsunami line up to be...
Getty Images
(File) Fukushima Nuclear Plant Before Earthquake.
Aerial file footage of the Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Fukushima, Japan before being hit by the March 2011 Earthquake. Footage courtesy of Tofuna. (File) Fukushima Nuclear Plant Before Earthquake. at Daiichi Nuclear Plant on March...
Curated Video
Construction, energy and tech companies discuss ways to decommission nuclear plant
Construction, energy and tech companies involved in decommissioning the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power plant met on Thursday to discuss environmental, health and risk management issues.
The companies involved in decommissioning the...
Curated Video
NASA twins study explores effect of space travel on humans
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Curated Video
BELARUS: NUCLEAR SUFFERING HIGHLIGHTED AT GENEVA CONFERENCE
Russian/Nat
The opening of an international conference in Geneva on the effects of nuclear disasters has highlighted the ecological disaster Belarus has suffered following the Chernobyl disaster.
Though the ill-fated reactor was located...
Curated Video
Raw: Ukraine Marks 30 Years Since Chernobyl
FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: 4033214Ceremonies were held on Tuesday in Kiev to honor those who died in the Chernobyl nuclear disaster 30 years ago.Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and other political leaders attended a...
Curated Video
Ceremonies mark 30 years since nuclear disaster
Ukrainian workers who defied the odds of radiation exposure joined memorial services in Kiev on Tuesday to mark the 30th anniversary of the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear plant, the world's worst nuclear disaster. Oleg Medvedev, a...