radiation

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Testing from the Department of Toxic Substance Control found no radiation levels above background and no hazardous compound levels other than those normally present after a wildfire.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

In each of these systems, cells can become senescent due to factors such as oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, DNA damage, chronic inflammation, metabolic stress, telomere shortening, ultraviolet radiation, and environmental pollution.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

Current models suggest rocky planets form near stars because intense radiation strips away gas surrounding developing planetary cores.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

The old guard held that the universe was eternal and unchanging, but in 1965 Arno Penzias and Robert Woodrow Wilson discovered the faint background radiation left over from the cosmos’ earliest moments.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

In high enough doses, radiation sickness almost always causes nausea, headaches, and a general feeling of illness that can last anywhere from a few hours to two days.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland