Archive for February, 2008

Outlaw engineers

Thursday, February 7th, 2008

Usually, engineers are the good guys. Sometimes they’re not. We’ll see, today on Engineering Works!

 

 
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We like to think that engineers do good things, and usually they do — build roads and bridges, design new cars and airplanes, find new materials. But occasionally, engineers turn up on the other side of the law.
Take the engineers that [...]

Radioactive coal

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

 

 
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There’s radiation all around us. And in some strange places. We’ll look, today on Engineering Works!
First, a question: would you rather live next door to a coal-fired power plant or a nuclear-powered one? You’d probably choose the coal plant. All that radiation from the nuclear plant, right?
Well, if you’re worried about radiation, either place is [...]