In 1977, a hospital in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico, purchased a cylinder full of pelleted cobalt-60, a highly radioactive element, to be used in radiotherapy, and never registered the purchase with the govern...
https://www.neatorama.com/2023/06/06/That-Time-Ciudad-Jurez-was-Contaminated-with-Radiation/Rain Noe of Core77 shows us an unusual tool. Can you guess what it's for? The answer is below the fold.It's a hat press. It's designed to protect the flattened brim of a campaign hat, like those worn by military drill in...
https://www.neatorama.com/2023/06/06/What-Is-This-Thing-3/Science gives us an ever-expanding archive of knowledge, and each discovery bring a need for labeling. New species, chemicals, and processes each need their own name so that other scientists will know what you're talking...
https://www.neatorama.com/2023/06/06/When-Science-Terms-Get-Weird/If you want to know what color the sun is, the worst way to find out would be to look at it, especially it's high in the sky. That's a good way to damage your eyes. When you look at the sun as it is rising or se...
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