Radioactivity is the property that atoms of certain elements have to spontaneously emit ionizing radiation. Radiation can simply be defined as energy, examples of radiation are: light, heat and radio waves. The term ionizing also indicates that this type of radiation is able to destroy the bonds inside the molecules, in fact damaging them.
Technological progress is the application of scientific discoveries to production processes. Progress means that production costs are brought down or that new markets are born. Indeed, it is precisely the entrepreneurs who seek to invest in scientific research through an innovative spirit.
These days we hear much about earthquakes in relation to the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria on the morning of Monday 6th February. This earthquake was destructive; razing cities to the ground and killing more than 40 thousand people. In addition to this, it has also inflicted immeasurable damage on the cultural lands of Syria and Turkey by destroying the oldest city in the world: Aleppo.
