Concern over long-term side effects of radiation therapy is becoming more common, as survival rates improve. Just as there can be long-term side effects of chemotherapy, radiation therapy may result ...
Two of them, mannequin torsos called Helga and Zohar, rode along as test of how much radiation astronauts might experience as they venture to the moon. The mannequins were made of materials that ...
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Regina G. Barber is a co-host of Short Wave, NPR's science podcast. Barber completed her PhD in physics at Washington State University with a focus in astrophysics, studying globular cluster systems.