- With wartime Hiroshima and Nagasaki residents showing greater longevity and lower cancer rates, a study argues for radiation hormesis - the notion that low radiation doses are beneficial; this could mean drastically lower radiation shielding requirements in spaceflight https://genesenvironment.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s41021-018-0114-3 9 comments space
- Low-dose radiation from A-bombs elongated lifespan and reduced cancer mortality relative to un-irradiated individuals https://genesenvironment.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s41021-018-0114-3 31 comments science