How Dangerous Is a Microwave Oven That’s Running With the Door Open?

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People have always been dubious about the safety of microwave ovens. I came across a microwave that kept whirring and spinning even with the door wide open – it simply wouldn’t turn off. The microwave was promptly kicked to the curb, but I started to wonder: should I be concerned for my safety?

NASA telescope discovers mysterious hotspot of high-energy particles beyond our galaxy

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An artist's interpretation of a gamma-ray burst.

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Josh Hawley blasts GOP leaders after a measure compensating victims exposed to nuclear waste radiation was stripped from the latest defense bill: 'A betrayal'

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Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri.

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We Finally Know the True Power of BOAT—the Brightest Known Gamma-Ray Burst

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The gamma-ray burst, affectionately dubbed ‘BOAT’ (Brightest of All Time), has been found to emit gamma-rays with energies reaching up to 13 teraelectronvolts, as revealed by a collaboration of scientists who have studied these emissions.

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France Says the iPhone 12 Emits Too Much Radiation

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French regulators halted iPhone 12 sales on Tuesday over concerns that the devices emit levels of radiation over the legal limits.

iPhone 12 emits too much radiation, France says. It rules Apple must take it off the market.

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The iPhone 12 will be taken off shelves across France after concerns over the phone's radiation levels

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'Oppenheimer' leaves out New Mexicans exposed to radiation from the Manhattan Project, despite local efforts to contact filmmakers

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The mushroom cloud of the first atomic explosion at Trinity Test Site near Alamagordo, New Mexico.

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How to survive nuclear war after a bomb is dropped: what to do, how to prepare

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A US Navy nuclear test on Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands.

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Chernobyl's stray dogs are 'genetically distinct' 40 years after the massive nuclear radiation leak, scientists find

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Stray dogs hang out near an abandoned, partially-completed cooling tower at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.

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The US military set off its largest nuclear explosion in testing 69 years ago, but scientists had no idea the blast would be that big

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A thermonuclear explosion on Bikini Atoll, March 1, 1954.
A thermonuclear explosion on Bikini Atoll, March 1, 1954.

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