With all the news of the ongoing problems at the Fukushima nuclear reactor in Japan, there has been a lot of Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt in regard to the radiation dangers posed by nuclear radiation.

The guys over at XKCD created this wonderful chart detailing the amount of radiation you get from just living your daily life and how it compares with the radiation dosages in scary disasters. It’s ...

Randall Munroe, who draws the geekerrific xkcd webcomic, has created a really good chart showing relative radiation doses absorbed by humans doing various activities. I’ve put a piece of it here, the ...

We’ve been talking a lot about radiation lately—and with good reason—but it’s been difficult to keep track of just what all those numbers mean. How much is safe? How much is bad? How many bananas do I ...

Hungry for some perspective on the nuclear situation? This mindblowing chart of relative radiation doses, made by XKCD‘s Randall Munroe, is basically a Total Perspective Vortex. It’s got something for ...