“Chernobyl,” HBO’s gritty and horrifying retelling of the worst nuclear disaster in human history, has jumped to the No. 1 spot on IMDb’s all-time TV rankings just days after the limited series concluded. From a report: As of Tuesday, “Chernobyl” had a 9.7-star (out of 10) average rating from about 140,000 users on the Amazon-owned IMDb site. The five-episode limited series…
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Disaster Tourists Are Flocking to Chernobyl, Thanks to HBO Series
The Chernobyl exclusion zone is an unexpectedly popular destination. Source: https://www.livescience.com/65642-chernobyl-tourism-up.html
Why Did People Take Iodine Pills After Chernobyl Exploded?
In the HBO miniseries ‘Chernobyl,’ a Soviet physicist realizes that there’s been a release of radioactive material nearby and immediately pops an iodine pill. Why? Source: https://www.livescience.com/65634-chernobyl-explosion-nuclear-disaster-iodine.html
Teen Makes His Own AirPods For $4
samleecole writes: Apple’s AirPods are a tragedy. Ecologically, socially, economically — they’re a capitalist disaster. The opposite of AirPods, then, is this extremely punk pair of DIY wireless earbuds that someone on Reddit hacked together using an old pair of wired Apple headphones and some hot glue. “I started this project roughly two months ago when my friend got a new…
It’s hurricane season: 4 things to know
Atlantic hurricane season begins June 1 and ends November 30. Here’s how forecasters make predictions, whether to stay or evacuate, what kinds of risks extend inland, and how your social networks can help or hurt you. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/hurricane-season-4-things-to-know…
DIY Facial Recognition For Porn Is a Dystopian Disaster
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Vice News: Someone posting on Chinese social network Weibo claims to have used facial recognition to cross-reference women’s photos on social media with faces pulled from videos on adult platforms like Pornhub. In a Monday post on Weibo, the user, who says he’s based in Germany, claimed to have “successfully identified more than 100,000…
Today in science: Einstein’s triumph
May 29, 2019, is the 100th anniversary of a total solar eclipse, during which Sir Arthur Eddington observed the bending of light around the sun, thereby proving Einstein’s general relativity theory and catapulting Einstein into rock star fame. Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/may-29-1919-solar-eclipse-einstein-relativity…
Chernobyl vs. Fukushima: Which Nuclear Meltdown Was the Bigger Disaster?
Nuclear meltdowns at power plants in Chernobyl and Fukushima were the most devastating in recent history. Source: https://www.livescience.com/65554-chernobyl-vs-fukushima.html
Melting Glaciers Could Unleash Nuclear Fallout Trapped Within the Ice
An international research project found that high concentrations of radioactive material in glaciers around the world could be exposed due to climate change. Source: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/j5wx5x/melting-glaciers-could-unleash-nuclear-fallout-trapped-within-the-ice…