Then they compared these results to bird data collected in areas that had the same range of radiation levels near Chernobyl between 2006 and 2009.

ECONOMIST: Radiation and evolution

Radiation at close enough range to cause radiation poisoning is deadly, but although all radioactivity increases the risk of cancer, the increases are much smaller than you might think.

FORBES: Putting Numbers On Japan's Radioactivity Risk

But notice, that extra tail of a line crosses the entire range of background radiation on Earth, what is considered normal, what humans and every other life form has lived with long before we split the atom.

FORBES: Fear Of Radiation -- It's All In The Noise

Honeywell began the MRAM effort in 1984 at the urging of the Department of Defense, which needed memory for satellites and long-range missiles that could withstand radiation in space without the addition of heavy shielding.

FORBES: Total Recall

As a result, electronic computers behave erratically when operated outside their recommended (and usually narrow) temperature range, or in the presence of strong radiation.

ECONOMIST: Babbage’s last laugh | The

Special paints are needed to protect the airframe, over a wide range of temperatures, from wind, weather, ultraviolet radiation and exhaust fumes.

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But the slow decay in radiation intensity from a tabletop pulsar would make possible extremely long-range transmitters, giving far-off space probes an energy-efficient way to beam information back to earth.

ECONOMIST: Physics