Primordial fear: why radiation is so scary

Sunday, April 24, 2011 - 04:00 in Physics & Chemistry

Nuclear radiation is frightening stuff. A quarter century after Chernobyl, and more than 65 years after atomic bombs laid waste to Hiroshima and Nagasaki, fatally sickening thousands not killed outright, even unfounded fear of radioactive contamination can spark panic.

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