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Geoengineering is not a quick climate fix, but a costly gamble

Geoengineering aims to restore that balance, either by removing excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere or reflecting solar energy away from Earth.

The Hindu

South Korea’s seafood sellers reel as science fails to ease Fukushima fears

More than 90 percent of South Koreans say they will reduce their seafood consumption due to radiation concerns.

Al Jazeera

Radiotherapy breakthroughs at UK lab could transform cancer treatment worldwide, say scientists

Researchers have been working to improve a treatment called proton beam radiotherapy

The Independent UK

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Scientists hope radiotherapy breakthroughs will transform cancer treatment

Researchers have been working to improve a treatment called proton beam radiotherapy.

The Independent UK

Futuristic Geoengineering Projects To Solve Climate Change Could Have Drastic Side Effects

Geoengineering, theoretically, aims to restore balance, but changes that help one region could harm another.

Inverse

Fukushima residents react cautiously after start of treated water release from wrecked nuclear plant

Fish auction prices at a port south of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant have dropped amid uncertainty about how consumers may respond a day after treated and diluted radioactive wastewater began to be released into the sea

The Independent UK

Baby sun-like star caught spewing out gamma-rays in cosmic 'tantrum' for the 1st time ever

The discovery represents the first evidence that low-mass T.Tauri stars, which are less than 10 million years old, can emit gamma radiation.

LiveScience

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Tantrum-throwing young stars caught belting high-energy gamma rays for the 1st time

Young, low-mass stars called T.Tauri stars have been caught blasting out high-energy gamma rays. This marks the first evidence that these stars, which are less than 10 million years old, emit gamma radiation.

Space

Geoengineering sounds like a quick climate fix, but without more research and guardrails, it's a costly gamble − with potentially harmful results

When soaring temperatures, extreme weather and catastrophic wildfires hit the headlines, people start asking for quick fixes to climate change. The U.S. government just announced the first awards from a US$3.5 billion fund for projects that promise to pull carbon dioxide out of the air. Policymakers are also exploring more…

The Conversation

Population of 'dwarf' pulses is found by researchers using FAST

Researchers from the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC) under the direction of Prof. HAN Jinlin have discovered distinct "dwarf pulses" from the bright pulsar PSR B2111+46 using the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST). Read further on Dynamite news:

Dynamite News

Neptune's clouds have vanished, and the sun may be to blame (video)

Thanks to the sun's 11-year-long cycle, Neptune might be systematically purged of its clouds.

Space

Neptune's Clouds Just Disappeared — and Astronomers Think They Know Why

Decades of telescope data from the Hubble Space Telescope and other observatories reveals that solar radiation triggers Neptune’s clouds.

Inverse

Scientists say prolonged low-dose radiation exposure more harmful than previously thought

Scientists found that people exposed to radiation through work may have a higher cancer risk than previously thought

The Independent UK

Study calls into question ‘safe’ levels of radiation exposure

Scientists found that people exposed to radiation through work may have a higher cancer risk than previously thought.

The Independent UK

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Can sunscreen cause cancer? Here’s what the experts say

Sunscreen plays a crucial role in protecting our skin from the harmful effects of ultraviolet (UV) radiation, which is a known risk factor for skin cancer, including squamous cell cancer and melanoma. It's important to note that there is substantial evidence supporting the effectiveness of sunscreen in preventing these types…

The Independent UK

Is it ever safe to sunbathe?

So, you want a summer tan the natural way, but skin cancer is a major fear. Imy Brighty-Potts reports.

The Hindu

Harsh realities of space mean Chandrayaan 3 is a partial success to start

ISRO's Chandrayaan 3 mission launched on July 21 to slingshot to the moon and decelerate before descending. Given the harsh conditions of space, the mission has been designed with advanced engineering techniques, including radiation-hardened electronics, to protect the spacecraft from the solar wind, outgassing, radiation, and other issues.

The Hindu

Scientists puzzled by super-bright light from the sun

After observing gamma rays coming from the sun for six years, researchers at the HAWC observatory in Mexico have found an excess of very high-energy gamma rays emerging as a result of the interaction between cosmic rays and the sun’s magnetic field. Researchers currently don’t have an explanation for this…

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The Independent UK

St. Louis activists praise Biden's support for compensation over Manhattan Project contamination

St. Louis-area activists who have been fighting for government compensation for people with illnesses potentially connected to Manhattan Project nuclear contamination won a major victory this week with support from the president

Zenger

Sunshine Can Make People More Vulnerable To Infections

Ultraviolet radiation is associated with the damage to DNA in study published in the journal Frontiers in Aging.

The Independent UK

Biden wants to compensate New Mexico residents sickened by radiation during 1945 nuclear testing

President Joe Biden says he’s open to granting assistance for people sickened by exposure to radiation during nuclear weapons testing, including in New Mexico, where the world’s first atomic bomb was tested in 1945

Zenger

How Shade Can Help Us Survive Our Increasingly Hot Cities

Shade is a simple low-tech tool and a major gamechanger

Space

Powerful sun storm knocks out radio transmissions across North America

A powerful solar flare disrupted radio and navigation signals across North America on Monday and prompted space weather forecasters to issue warnings because of energetic particles hitting Earth.

Space

Sun blasts out highest-energy radiation ever recorded, raising questions for solar physics

Using a 24/7 observatory that can detect when charged particles interact with water, scientists identified record-breaking rays coming from the sun.

LiveScience

Massive solar explosion felt on Earth, the moon and Mars simultaneously for the 1st time ever

Instruments in different parts of the solar system all captured radiation from the same coronal mass ejection for the first time ever.

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