Granite has always contained some unknown amounts of uranium, which in it’s gas state is called radon. — KFDA NewsChannel 10, Amarillo, TX
Also, great moments in science reporting commentary:
Radon is NOT the gaseous form of Uranium. It IS the gaseous form of Radium. While both are radioactive they are separate elements on the [...]
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29 July 2008
Great moments in science reporting
20 April 2008
Friend in the news
I know Martha Jenks. She used to dance with Thornden Morris. She’s a good friend of Heather’s aunt, who also is a member of the Kambuyu Marimba Ensemble. Cool to see this little story on CBS about how Martha came to the rescue of a teenage marimba group from Botswana.
18 March 2008
Surprise!
‘After the publication of Dr. Berger’s findings, Bernard Wood, a paleoanthropologist at George Washington University, said, “Obviously the Flores material came as a bit of a surprise to many of us, but it was not a surprise that might not have been anticipated.”’
