TIL there was a proposal to genetically modify cats to glow in the presence of radiation:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_cat
The idea was to find ways to warn future people about buried radioactive waste. Nobody actually tried this, but knowing cats they'd end up figuring out how to glow at will to wake humans up and feed them or something.
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#Radiation #Atomic #Nuclear #Retro #Vintage #Pulp #Radioactive
Safety4Sea: Container vessel carrying radioactive cargo stranded off Philippines
"...The case of the ship stuck off the Philippines carrying 23 containers of radioactive zinc dust mirrors the struggle faced by the MV Ruby in 2024, a Malteseโflagged bulk carrier loaded with 20,000โฏtons of ammonium nitrate, which was similarly denied entry to multiple ports over safety and disposal concerns...."
https://safety4sea.com/container-vessel-carrying-radioactive-cargo-stranded-off-philippines/
#radiation #cesium137 #philippines #indonesia #shipping #supplychain
LOL the UK tabloids finally got wind of the ship with radioactive containers. (serious situation, but it's not a floating Chernobyl)
"San Francisco Department of Public Health
October 30, 2025
Request for Information Regarding Plutonium-239 Air
Monitoring Exceedance at Parcel C (November 2024)
Dear Mr. Megliola,
I am writing on behalf of the City and County of San Francisco and the San Francisco Department of
Public Health (SFDPH) regarding an exceedance of the plutonium-239 (Pu-239) air monitoring
Action Level at Hunters Point Shipyard (HPS), Parcel C, which occurred in November 2024 and
was reported to SFDPH in October 2025.
"...
Mission Local: U.S. Navy found elevated plutonium in Bayview โ
S.F. says it was kept in the dark
Navy detected twice recommended levels at Hunters Point Shipyard in November 2024. City says it was only told 11 months later.
(Oct 30, 2025)
https://missionlocal.org/2025/10/navy-elevated-plutonium-bayview/
Today in Labor History, October 30, 1961: The Soviet Union detonated the Tsar Bomba, the most powerful explosive device ever detonated. Soviet physicist Andrei Sakharov oversaw the development of Tsar Bomba, which Khrushchev initiated when the Soviet resumed nuclear testing after the Test Ban Moratorium. The bomb was dropped by parachute from an aircraft, and detonated at an altitude of 13,000 feet. In 1991, Soviet scientists revealed that the actual yield was 50 Mt (209 PJ).
#workingclass #LaborHistory #nuclear #bomb #soviet #ussr #ColdWar #radiation #communism
#Mites of the #Histiostomatidae (#Astigmata, #Acariformes) are adapted due to #evolution to form #species with #small sizes of about 200-400 micrometers in adults. Their thin #cuticles and modified #filterfeeding #mouthparts for #fungus-bacterial #food intake allowed their #radiation within shortliving moist and bacteria/fungus rich habitats.
ยฉ#StefanFWirth October 2025,
Photos
Females of #Histiostoma sp., from #sapropel #mud around gravel pit ponds, #Berlin #Grunewald, 2019, New edit 2025
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