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Dr Emilio Lizardo: Gaia is clearly pissed. She's talking with big sister Sol and the two are conspiring to wipe us out. Sure, it'll take a while but she's patient. more »
Klebert L. Hall: No, no. You guys have it all completely wrong. More cosmic rays are not hitting Earth, more cosmic rays are penetrating the Heliopause. Earth's magne... more »
Mathmos: There is already some evidence that slightly greater radiation exposure for air crews, who spend significant periods at higher altitudes with less atm... more »
burlybax: Am I supposed to understand that diagram? more »
matthewabel: I call fire powers. You can call things, right? I don't want rock skin, or stretchiness. Oooh, maybe I do. more »
92BuickLeSabre: What can you expect the sun to do when we keep running away, coming back, running away, coming back. We want to be independent, but we also want some... more »
OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear: Which dummy is Dr. Doom? more »
The_Thing: Also they apparently strapped one of these dummies to the outside of the International Space Station. For some reason that sounds like the start of a ... more »
The_Thing: If by turn super elastic you mean melt all over the floor then it's certainly possible if they turn the beam up too high. Also, I don't know why they ... more »

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Cosmic Rays Hit A New High: Time To Buy A Better Umbrella?
If you were wondering what the drastic decrease in solar activity might mean to you and me, wonder no longer — cosmic rays are hitting Earth at a much higher rate than any time in the last 50 years. More »
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The Most Efficient Particle Accelerator Known To Humanity
Chinese astronomers observed this supernova, RCW 86, in the year 185 A.D. But it's still pumping out cosmic rays, and a new image shows how supernova remnants like this one are the Milky Way's "super-efficient particle accelerators." [Chandra Observatory]
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Why The Sun Is A Delinquent Parent
You already know that the sun can be dangerous because of the harmful effects of UV rays, but were you aware of the problems posed by it failing to protect us from cosmic rays? More »
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Science To Test Fantastic Four Theory
Would cosmic rays turn a man into a fantastically stretchable being, human torch or just plain (orange) rocky thing? That's a question that NASA may be about to answer, as they test the body's endurance to space radiation. More »

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