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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…

The Hindu

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

The Independent UK

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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.

Zenger

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

The Independent UK

How Shade Can Help Us Survive Our Increasingly Hot Cities

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

Zenger

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.

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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.

Space

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.

LiveScience

How long could a person survive in space without a spacesuit?

How long could you survive if thrust into the harsh vacuum of space without protection? The short answer is, not very long.

LiveScience

New Study Reveals Delayed Tanning As DNA Repair Takes Priority

Tel Aviv University researchers uncover the mechanism behind delayed skin pigmentation after sun exposure, paving the way for advanced skin protection.

Zenger

How long could you survive in space without a spacesuit?

How long could a person survive if thrust into the harsh vacuum of outer space? The short answer is, not very long.

Space

1st solar eruption to simultaneously impact Earth, moon and Mars shows dangers of space radiation

In 2021, a coronal mass ejection that erupted from the sun was seen across a staggering range of 155 million miles. It spit energetic particles toward Mars, the Earth and the moon.

Space

'Secret Invasion' Had a Lazy Plot Hole It's Shocking Marvel Missed

Wait, where were the Skrull hiding?

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The Independent UK

US Senate votes to expand radiation-exposure compensation, from Guam to original A-bomb test site

The U.S. Senate has endorsed a major expansion of a compensation program for people sickened by exposure to radiation during nuclear weapons testing and the mining of uranium during the Cold War

LiveScience

Chile's Atacama Desert is the sunniest spot on Earth, catching as many rays as Venus

Scientists have identified Earth's sunniest spot, and it has the same radiation as Venus.

Tribune News Service

Consumer Health: What is glioblastoma?

More than 14,490 people in the U.S. will be diagnosed with glioblastoma in 2023, according to the National Brain Tumor Society, and 10,000 people in the U.S. will die of the disease. The five-year survival rate is 6.9%, and the median length of survival is eight months.

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Record-Setting White Paint Is Opposite Of Vantablack, Currently In Development For Cars

It can reflect so much radiation that it cools surfaces.

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‘Mozart didn’t have explosions’: Simon Mayo on how his book Itch became an opera

With an aria to the periodic table and a hero dying of radiation sickness, the broadcaster’s YA novel has been transformed into an exposive operatic thriller

The Conversation

Why do I have to take my laptop out of the bag at airport security?

Anyone who has travelled by air in the past ten years will know how stressful airports can be.

The Hindu

Centre procures 3 lakh tonnes of onion for buffer stock; piloting irradiation of onion with BARC

Government procured 20% more onion (3 lakh tonnes) than 2022 as buffer stock this year. In 2022, the government procured 2.51 lakh tonnes of onions from Rabi-2022 crop & released it in major consumption centres

The Guardian - UK

‘Mindblowing’: how James Webb telescope’s snapshots of infant universe transformed astronomy

Light from ancient galaxies took more than 13bn years to reach Nasa’s £6.8bn James Webb probe and have provided scientists with stunning images

Newsroom.co.nz

Nuclear-fuelled debate over Japan’s wastewater plan

Japan’s plan to release treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima reactor into the ocean has its supporters but is causing ripples in the Pacific, writes Chris Bartlett

The Independent UK

Do you still tan when wearing sunscreen and when you sit in the shade?

You should always wear sunscreen when outside to protect from harmful UV radiation

Chicago Sun-Times

ESPN’s Dick Vitale again diagnosed with cancer

Vitale tweeted that he had surgery in Boston this week, and tests revealed that he has vocal cord cancer. He said he will undergo six weeks of radiation treatments.

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