Several days ago, the often celebrated (but sometimes incredibly dimwitted) wonder-boy Elon Musk caused quite a commotion on Twitter, when he stated that he would travel to the place with the ‘worst radiation’ and eat local produce, to ‘prove that it was safe’. He also claimed he did this following the Fukushima Accident 11 years ago, and lo and behold, he is still alive and … Continue reading Will Elon’s New Baby Eat Fukushima Applesauce?
A few nights ago the original “Jaws” was playing on AMC. It brought back creepy, nightmarish memories of the summer of 1975, when as a 6-year old child I stared wide-eyed at the iconic poster and imagined what would happen when the giant shark finally reached the clueless swimmer above. Although I was too young to see the movie, just the poster and hype alone … Continue reading The Real Jaws – 4 Years of Fukushima
Crashes are often complex. A series of events that on their own wouldn’t bring a plane down, yet combined, lead to tragedy. ~ from “Air France lessons for missing plane probe” It will be at least a year before we know the complete circumstances of the crash of AirAsia Flight 8501, but just one day after finding the first pieces of debris and several deceased floating … Continue reading Wigner Weather: The Crash of AirAsia 8501
Welcome to Part 5 of the long-awaited Nuked Radio Special on The Wigner Effect, with Leuren Moret and Laurens Battis. We are now half-way through the series of articles and videos that address the following question from a multitude of perspectives: Is Fukushima Radiation causing problems with aviation and infrastructure? Part 1 in the series introduced my guests, and gave an overall view of what the … Continue reading Wild Weeks for Wigner – Pt 5
On the evening of October 26th, when temps were in the low 70’s and the residents of Metropolis, Illinois had been enjoying the warm Sunday night breeze, alarms began piercing the stillness as an emergency warning alerted that something bad was going down at the local Honeywell Uranium Processing Plant. In what would later be described by Honeywell as an “on-site leak” occurred at approximately … Continue reading Did Metropolis get Nuked last night??
Welcome to Part 4 of the long-awaited Nuked Radio Special on The Wigner Effect, with Leuren Moret and Laurens Battis. Over the next few weeks we will be posting a series of articles that will address the following question from a multitude of perspectives: Is Fukushima Radiation causing problems with aviation and infrastructure? Part 1 in the series introduced my guests, and gave an overall view … Continue reading Flying Lessons: from Cells to Soldiers – Pt 4
Welcome to Part 3 of the long-awaited Nuked Radio Special on The Wigner Effect, with Leuren Moret and Laurens Battis. Over the next few weeks we will be posting a series of articles that will address the following question from a multitude of perspectives: Is Fukushima Radiation causing problems with aviation and infrastructure? Part 1 in the series introduced my guests, and gave an overall … Continue reading When Planes Fall Apart: Pacifying the Public – Pt 3
Welcome to Part 2 of the long-awaited Nuked Radio Special on The Wigner Effect, with Leuren Moret and Laurens Battis. Over the next few weeks we will be posting a series of articles that will address the following question from a multitude of perspectives: Is Fukushima Radiation causing problems with aviation and infrastructure? Part 1 in the series introduced my guests, and gave an overall … Continue reading A "Crash Course" in Materials Science – Pt 2
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