Long before scientists split the atom, quacks and con artists were splitting the profits. Marie and Pierre Curie’s pioneering scientific work was 50 years old before America dropped the A-bomb. But ...
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Science history: Marie Curie discovers a strange radioactive substance that would eventually kill her — Dec. 26, 1898
Scientists in Paris discovered two new substances with incredible radioactivity. It earned them the Nobel Prize in Physics ...
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Twenty years into fracking, Pennsylvania has yet to reckon with its radioactive waste
Seventh in a series about the gas industry’s radioactive waste. When John Quigley became the secretary of the Pennsylvania ...
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Surprising Things That Are Radioactive
When most people think about radioactivity, their minds jump to nuclear power plants, medical X-rays, or maybe that ominous green glow from old science fiction movies. The reality is far less dramatic ...
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"Half Lives: The Unlikely History of Radium" by Lucy Jane Santos; Pegasus Books (336, $27.99) Long before scientists split the atom, quacks and con artists were splitting the profits. Marie and Pierre ...
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