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How Cold Warriors Helped Scientists Solve Brain Riddle

LiveScience | Stephanie Pappas | Posted 06.07.2013 | Science
Read More: Neuroscience, Daily Discovery, Nuclear Weapons, Neurons, Weird Science, Biology, Nuclear Tests, Nuclear Tests Brain Cells, New Brain Cells, Brain Science, Nuclear, Neurogenesis, Science News

Aboveground nuclear bomb testing in the 1950s and 1960s inadvertently gave modern scientists a way to prove the adult brain regularly creates new neu...

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When Harry Truman Got Actor Fired From MGM Epic

Greg Mitchell | Posted 05.03.2013 | Entertainment
Read More: Truman, Nuclear, Atomic, Hiroshima, Hollywood, Censored, Mgm, Truman Movies, Harry Truman, Truman Hollywood, Entertainment News
Greg Mitchell

A bizarre, and revealing, postscript to President Truman's involvement with The Beginning or the End was provided by Roman Bohnen, the actor who portrayed Truman in the original sequences.

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Hollywood Bomb: The Unmaking of 'The Most Important Movie Ever Made'

Greg Mitchell | Posted 05.01.2013 | Entertainment
Read More: Atomic, Harry Truman, Mgm, Nuclear, Hiroshima, Censorhip, Hollywood, Atomic Bomb, Roosevelt, The Beginning or the End Movie, Entertainment News
Greg Mitchell

My fascination with the making and unmaking of the MGM film took me to the Truman Library, where I was the first to consult key documents.

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The Real Reason America Can't Make a Nuclear Deal with Iran

Flynt and Hillary Mann Leverett | Posted 04.29.2013 | World
Read More: Brics, India, World Order, P5+1, Npt, Uranium Enrichment, Iran, Nuclear, U.S., China, US Iran Negotiations, U.S. Iran Nuclear Power, US-Iran Relations, Iran Nuclear Weapons, World News
Flynt and Hillary Mann Leverett

Conflict over Iran's nuclear program is driven by two different approaches to interpreting the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). These approaches, in turn, are rooted in different conceptions of world order.

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Bianca Bosker

WATCH: Are We Risking Our Own Extinction?

HuffingtonPost.com | Bianca Bosker | Posted 04.29.2013 | Science
Read More: Technology Risks, Center for the Study of Existential Risk, Human Extinction, Video, Talk Nerdy to Me, Biology, Cyber, Computer Science, Nuclear, Robots, Bianca Bosker, Environmental Threats, Artificial Intelligence, Science News

Technology is risky business. At least, that's what some scientists fear: the proposed Center for the Study of Existential Risk at the University of C...

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Time to Recognize the Rights of Nature

Terry Tamminen | Posted 06.17.2013 | Green
Read More: Walmart, Sewage, Environmental Laws, Fracking, Zero Waste Plans, Grassroots, Renewable Energy, Santa Monica, Nuclear, Earth Day, Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Sustainable, Oil Spill, LEED Standards, Rights of Nature, Climate Change, Cradle-to-Cradle, Ddt, Global Warming, Green News
Terry Tamminen

As the World Bank warns, a possible 4 degree Celsius increase in global temperatures by the 2060s will lead to a "transition of the Earth's ecosystems into a state unknown in human experience."

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Looser Guidelines for Radioactive Waste Another Reason to Ban Fracking Now

Wenonah Hauter | Posted 06.17.2013 | Green
Read More: Ban Fracking, Hydraulic Fracturing, Nuclear, Wastewater, Fracking, Radioactive-Water, Green News
Wenonah Hauter

When it comes to exposure to radioactive materials, how much is too much? If you're like most people, or scientists, the answer is probably "any amount."

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A Better Approach Towards North Korea

Jeffrey Sachs | Posted 06.15.2013 | Politics
Read More: Syria, Iran, Nuclear, John Kennedy, North Korea, North Korea Nuclear Weapons, Kim Jong Un, North Korea Nuclear Program, Foreign Affairs, Obama Foreign Policy, Foreign Policy, Politics News
Jeffrey Sachs

If we act calmly and sensibly, we can easily defuse the current crisis. North Korea is looking for respect, not war. It's time to talk, to lower the heat, and to avoid a confrontation or the imposition of impossible or humiliating demands.

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'Green News Report' - April 11, 2013

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 06.11.2013 | Green
Read More: Wind Power, Green Jobs, Epa, Renewable Energy, Clean Energy, Nuclear, Green News Report, Gregory Jaczko, Green Energy, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Video, Energy Department, Oil Spill, Fossil Fuels, Climate Science, Anti-Science, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Global Warming, Arkansas, Energy, Fukushima, Environmental Health, Climate, Exxon Mobil, Nuclear Energy, Carbon Dioxide, Environmentalism, Dept of Energy, Carbon Tax, BRAD BLOG, Water, Tipping Point, Keystone XL Pipeline, Green News, Sustainability, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, Bernie Sanders, Coal, Gina McCarthy, Wine, Gao, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

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'Green News Report' - April 9, 2013

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 06.09.2013 | Green
Read More: Wind Power, Green Jobs, Epa, Renewable Energy, Clean Energy, Green News Report, Green Energy, Video, Oil Spill, Fossil Fuels, Climate Science, Anti-Science, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Global Warming, Arkansas, Energy, Environmental Health, Climate, Exxon Mobil, Carbon Dioxide, Environmentalism, Koch Brothers, Carbon Tax, BRAD BLOG, Water, Tipping Point, Keystone XL Pipeline, Fish, Green News, Sustainability, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, Nuclear, Gregory Jaczko, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Margaret Thatcher, Energy Department, Fukushima, Ernest Moniz Energy Secretary, Nuclear Energy, Steve Doocy, Dept of Energy, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

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Radiation: What It Is and What You Need to Know About It

Robert Peter Gale | Posted 05.25.2013 | Science
Read More: Nuclear Radiation, Radiation Safety, Radiation Level, Nuclear Power, Radiation Health, Safe Radiation, Nuclear, Nuclear Power Health, Radiation, Nuclear Health, Science News
Robert Peter Gale

We all fear radiation yet life depends on it. We each are radioactive, living on a radioactive planet, in a radioactive solar system, in a radioactive universe, in a radioactive galaxy. Radiation can both kill us and cure us.

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Nuclear Energy Debate Absent in Jordan

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 05.14.2013 | World
Read More: Russia, Energy, Jordan, Dead Sea, Nuclear, US, Israel, Japan, Red Sea, Jordanian, Jordan Nuclear Power, World News
Daoud Kuttab

Whatever the Jordanian nuclear energy plans in the coming years are, it is important that the country discuss the options and take a wise decision that answers some of the yet to be answered questions about funding, safety and priorities.

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Amid Nuclear Threats, UN Provides Platform to Advance U.S.-China Relations

Peter Yeo | Posted 05.14.2013 | World
Read More: US China Relations, Pyongyang, Susan Rice, Security Council, United Nations, Nuclear Proliferation, UN Security Council, Nuclear, China, North Korea, World News
Peter Yeo

In the wake of newly-passed UN Security Council sanctions against North Korea, Pyongyang has issued a new batch of heated rhetoric nearly every day. B...

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Two Years on, Remembering The Fukushima Disaster

Andrew Lam | Posted 05.09.2013 | GPS for the Soul
Read More: Tohoku, Deaths, Fukushima, Japan Tsunami, Disaster, Earthquake, Nuclear, Anniversary, GPS for the Soul News
Andrew Lam

Two years ago the Tohoku earthquake and resulting tsunami devastated the region, seriously damaged the Fukushima nuclear power plant, sending radiated...

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Ending the Nuclear Weapons Age

Aaron Gray-Block | Posted 05.13.2013 | World
Read More: Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, Obama Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear, Nuclear Weapons, Greenpeace, Barack Obama, North Korea Nuclear Test, North Korea, World News
Aaron Gray-Block

This latest crisis has highlighted the weakness of the non-proliferation treaty and underscores the dangerous connection between nuclear research, nuclear power and nuclear weapons.

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Radioactive Metal in Our Homes -- The Nuclear Family Is About to Get a Little More Radioactive

Wenonah Hauter | Posted 04.13.2013 | Green
Read More: Food & Water Watch, Doe, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Food and Water Watch, Thomas Danjczek, Nrc, Steel Manufacturers Association, Nuclear, Department of Energy, Metal, Radiation, Radioactive Recycling, Green News
Wenonah Hauter

Since the 1980s, the DOE and the NRC have been cooking up a scheme to recycle radioactive scrap metals back into a wide variety of products from metal water bottles to your children's braces.

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Budget for MOX Program Cut by 75 Percent

Project On Government Oversight | Posted 04.13.2013 | Politics
Read More: Government, Politics, Department of Defense, Nuclear Weapons, Doe, Budget, South Carolina, Waste, Nuclear, Department of Energy, Nukes, State Department, Reducing Waste, Politics News
Project On Government Oversight

The beleaguered Mixed Oxide Fuel (MOX) program at the Savannah River Site was targeted for possible cancellation last fall, but ongoing discussions resulted in a recent lifeline offered by a top Department of Energy official, which appears to have been accepted by the White House.

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Fish With 2,500 Times The Radiation Limit Found Near Fukushima Nuclear Plant

Posted 01.25.2013 | Green
Read More: Fukushima Impact, Fukushima, Nuclear Disaster, Fukushima Radioactive Fish, Fukushima Nuclear Disaster, Nuclear, Fukushima Fish, Japan, Oceans, Fukushima Nuclear Plant, Radioactive Fish, Radioactive Fallout, Green News

Two years after the disaster at the Fukushima Daichi nuclear plant in Japan -- called the "worst accidental release of radiation to the ocean in histo...

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Trade Rules Undermine Transition to Clean Energy

Ilana Solomon | Posted 03.12.2013 | Green
Read More: Environment, Nuclear Energy, Free Trade, Nuclear, Fracking, Trade, Clean Energy, Clean Energy Economy, Green News
Ilana Solomon

Trade and investment rules can threaten the environment and the health of communities. Governments must be able to put in place clean energy and other policies that protect communities and the environment without trade rules getting in the way.

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Iran in 2013: More of the Same

Chris DeVito | Posted 02.26.2013 | World
Read More: Nasrin Sotoudeh, Human Rights, Sattar Beheshti, Iran, Nuclear, Jafar Panahi, Iaea, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, World News
Chris DeVito

Here is something we know about the coming year: It is going to be crucial for the future of Iran, the region and American interests in the Middle East. In assessing what the Iranian regime's behavior will be in the near future, the best guide is how it has behaved in the past.

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With Spain's Youth Unemployment at 50 Percent, Why Not Try for More Clean Energy Investment and Jobs?

Vivian Norris | Posted 02.19.2013 | Green
Read More: Impact Investing, Desertec, Switzerland, Solar, Unemployment, Investment, Germany, Csp, Renewable Energy, Jobs, Clean Energy, Spain, Nuclear, Green Energy, Video, Green News
Vivian Norris

One thing I simply do not understand about the U.S. and Europe's rising unemployment is why not support more green jobs in renewable energy?

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A Buddhist Perspective on Nuclear Energy, Weapons and Taking Responsibility

Vivian Norris | Posted 01.25.2013 | Religion
Read More: Fukushima, Monks, France, Ngawang Drakpa, Dalai Lama, Nuclear, Compassion, Nuclear Threat, Buddha, Monastery, Radioactivity, Je Tsong Khapa, Cold War, Buddhism, Buddhist Monks, Celine Menguy, China, Nuclear Power, Religion News
Vivian Norris

This plain-speaking young man in his deep red and gold robes, praying with such intent for all of us, a living Buddha in his own right, expressed a deep compassion for the suffering of the entire planet and all of the living beings on it as he spoke of the nuclear threat.

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'Green News Report' - November 20, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 01.20.2013 | Green
Read More: Central Intelligence Agency, Green Jobs, Renewable Energy, Clean Energy, Nuclear, Green News Report, Green Energy, Coal, Video, Andrew Cuomo, Gasoline Prices, Oil Spill, Hurricane Sandy, Germany, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Climate Science, Anti-Science, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Pollution Regulation, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Global Warming, Energy, Fukushima, Climate, Nuclear Power, Exxon Mobil, Carbon Dioxide, Environmentalism, Democrats, Barack Obama, Toxic Chemicals, Carbon Tax, BRAD BLOG, Tipping Point, Nrc, Pebble Mine, Green News, Oil, Sustainability, Alaska, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Unfccc, Extreme Weather, Republicans, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

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'Green News Report' - November 15, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 01.15.2013 | Green
Read More: Green Jobs, Renewable Energy, Clean Energy, Nuclear, Green News Report, Green Energy, Coal, Video, Andrew Cuomo, Gasoline Prices, Hurricane Sandy, Germany, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Climate Science, Anti-Science, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Pollution Regulation, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Global Warming, Energy, Climate, Carbon Dioxide, Environmentalism, Democrats, Barack Obama, Toxic Chemicals, Carbon Tax, BRAD BLOG, Tipping Point, Oil, Green News, Sustainability, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, Republicans, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

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Our Nuclear Insecurity Complex

Project On Government Oversight | Posted 01.14.2013 | Politics
Read More: Los Alamos, Contractors, Wackenhut, Doe, Nuclear Weapons, Y-12 National Security Complex, Nuclear Security, Nuclear, Department of Energy, Politics News
Project On Government Oversight

Back in July, an 82-year-old nun and two fellow peace activists breached the security at the Y-12 nuclear weapons facility in Tennessee. Since then, it's only gotten worse for the Department of Energy and its National Nuclear Security Administration.

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